27 November 2019
Russia launches secret space surveillance satellite
... Russian military satellite designed to monitor other satellites in space was launched into orbit on Monday onboard a modified Soyuz rocket, said officials at the country’s Defence Ministry. The mission lifted off from the Site 43 launch complex...
April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
.... Thankfully, the escape system worked well and both were saved. Earlier in the year, another Soyuz rocket suffered a technical partial failure when one of its payloads, the D-STAR Phoenix 1 cube, remained attached to its ...
October 2015
Baikonur, Kibo and beyond: Japan’s leading role in space
... way to a C-type asteroid, which is believed to contain water and organic matter Watching the beautiful scene as the Soyuz rocket lit up the night sky at Baikonur, I reflected on the fact that it was made possible by the effort of humankind...
12 October 2018
Soyuz investigation focuses on second stage failure
...: "We certainly won't conceal the reasons, it is uncommon for such situations". NASA has been paying for seats on Soyuz rockets to ferry its astronauts to the ISS since the Space Shuttle programme ended in 2011 and space co-operation...
June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
...launch failures, both government-sponsored and commercial, have helped out the Khrunichev Centre’s competitors. The Soyuz rocket is comparable to the Falcon 9 v.1.1 as far as carrying capacity and cost. But this respectable Russian launch vehicle was...
April 2020
Reviving Russia’s space programme
... - turned their skills to building commercial opportunities with western companies, the most improbable being launching the Soyuz rocket from the European Union territory of French Guiana in the south American jungle. More significantly, Russia...
