September 2019
Extending the life of geostationary orbit satellites
... whatsoever. In 2019, the spacecraft completed thermal vacuum tests in the company’s factory in advance of shipment to the Baikonur launch site for launch on a Proton rocket. MEV-1 will be followed into service by MEV-2, currently being assembled...
02 December 2014
Angara test launch
... launcher is able to fly from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on mainland Russia, without the need for access to the Baikonur facility in Kazakhstan. In planning and development since 1992, the family of Angara launch vehicles will eventually be able...
03 July 2015
Progress departs for ISS as two previous failures have world on edge
... has much to ponder. Scientists and industry experts held their collective breath as Progress lifted from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It is expected to deliver 2, 381 kilos worth of supplies to the ISS on Sunday. Two of the most recent...
01 September 2015
Andreas ‘Denmark’s Gagarin’ Mogensen to test bike gear on ISS
... Danish bike equipment on the International Space Station. Andreas Mogensen is due to lift off to the ISS from Baikonur on Wednesday. He will be accompanied by Russia’s Sergei Volkov and Kazakhstan’s Aidyn Aimbetov. ESA has already dubbed Mogensen...
14 October 2015
Putin delays first launch from new Russian cosmodrome
... News Agency reported. Vostochny’s completion had been planned for December. The facility is intended to replace the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, which Russia has been leasing. The first launch expected from Vostochny is the Lomonosov...
11 December 2015
ISS Crew have undocked and are heading for Earth
... cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency), who are scheduled to launch from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on 6th December and due to arrive at the station around 6 hours later. Peake, who will make...
