September 8, 2015
Categories: Guiana Space Centre, Roscosmos, Soyuz, Space
Soyuz-STB booster Rolled-Out to the Launchpad

On September 7, 2015 Soyuz-STB booster with two European navigational satellites Galileo was rolled-out to the launchpad of Kourou spaceport.

After installation Roscosmos specialists conducted all necessary operations on supply lines mating, thermal conditioning schemes assembling, filling pipelines mating and other works stipulated by prelaunch schedule.

Soyuz-STB booster with Fregat-MT upper stage and two European navigational satellites of Galileo system (Galileo-FOC FM05, Galileo-FOC FM06) is planned for September 11, 2015, 05:08:10, Moscow time.

More from this category:
August 8, 2014
Russian Specialists Go on Preparing Soyuz-ST for the launch from Guiana

Russian specialists continue preparing Soyuz-ST-b booster with Fregat-MT upper stage and two European space devices Galileo FOC for the launch from Guiana Space Centre (French…

full story
December 4, 2014
Soyuz-ST Booster being Prepared for the Launch in Guiana Space Centre

Preparations for the launch of Soyuz-ST-B booster with Fregat-MT upper stage and O3b space devices are under way in Guiana Space Centre (French Guiana). On…

full story
November 26, 2019
Successful launch of the “Soyuz-2.1v” rocket

On November 25, 2019, at 20:52 (Moscow time) from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk Region was launched the “Soyuz 2.1v” light carrier rocket (developed…

full story
April 8, 2014
The Expert: Mars Flight is Only Possible Under Conditions of International Cooperation

At the present time there is no country in the world able to send an expedition to Mars by itself but the entire humankind masters…

full story
September 24, 2013
Soyuz Launch Causes New Delay to US Cargo Ship Docking with Space Station

RIA Novosti – For the second time in 24 hours, NASA and private commercial US rocket company Orbital Sciences on Monday pushed back the docking…

full story
April 9, 2021
Soyuz-2.1a rocket cleared for fueling and launch

A meeting of the State Commission took place at Site 254 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome to review the readiness of the Soyuz-2.1a space rocket with…

full story
February 5, 2016
Winter Survival Trainings in GCTC

One more ISS crew successfully completed training on survival in marshy and forested area. For three days Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryazansky, NASA astronaut Randolph Bresnik…

full story
September 1, 2014
ISS-41/42 Mission Crews Passed Standard Flight Day Exams

Soon  ISS-41/42 mission crews will have complex examination trainings, but before that they have to pass so called “standard flight day” training. According to the…

full story