August 18, 2019

Specialists of the RSC “Energia” (part of Roscosmos State Corporation) and other leading enterprises in the rocket and space industry performed a set of technological operations for the general assembly of a space rocket.

On August 17, 2019, the head part with the “Soyuz MS-14” spacecraft was assembled with the third stage of the “Soyuz-2.1a” launch vehicle.

After that, the meetings of the technical management and the State Commission were held, at which a conclusion was issued on the readiness of the rocket ( “Soyuz MS-14” spacecraft and the “Soyuz-2.1a” launch vehicle) for roll-out and installation at the launch pad.

The roll-out from the Assembly and Testing building and installation at the launch pad of the platform № 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome will take place on Monday, August 19.

The launch of the “Soyuz-2.1a” launch vehicle with the “Soyuz MS-14” spacecraft is scheduled for August 22, 2019.

The flight will take place in unmanned mode and will be the first test for the “Soyuz-2.1a” launch vehicle with the “Soyuz MS” series spacecraft.

2193291315

2238844096

5289092059

More from this category:
September 15, 2021

34 OneWeb communication system satellites  launched from Baikonur with the help of Soyuz-2.1b booster and Fregat upper stage successfully inserted into the final orbit. The…

full story
December 13, 2013

ISS -37/37 crew performed more than 160 experiments on Russian and American ISS segments during its half a year mission and moreover coped with off-nominal…

full story
April 28, 2021

Russian cargo vehicle Progress MS-14 that had spend record for Russian cargo vehicles time on the orbit undocked from the ISS. The vehicle undocked from…

full story
July 21, 2014

Russian biosatellite Foton-M with 5 geckoes, fruit flies, higher plants’ seeds and other biological materials onboard was launched with the help of Soyuz-2.1a booster from…

full story
June 19, 2019

The acceptance commission of the next batch of RD-180 engines, manufactured by NPO “Energomash” has successfully completed its work. In June 2019, representatives of the…

full story
March 21, 2014

Soyuz-2.1b booster with Fregat upper stage and GLONASS satellite onboard to be launched at might on March 24 was installed onto the launch pad of…

full story
December 12, 2018

Russia Wants to Extend U.S. Space Partnership. Or It Could Turn to China. The New York Times By Andrew E. Kramer Dec. 11, 2018 Russia’s…

full story
December 15, 2014

Proton-M booster with Yamal-401 space device belonging to Russian telecommunication operator Gazprom Space Systems was successfully launched from Baikonur spaceport on December 15, 2014. The…

full story