NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Soyuz MS-01

Launch Time
Thu Jul 07, 2016 01:36 UTC

Maiden flight of the modernized Soyuz MS spacecraft variant.

Rocket

Soyuz FG
Roscosmos
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 4,550 kN
Payload to LEO: 7,300 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 51.32 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.0 m
Fairing Height: 15.59 m

Mission Details

Soyuz MS-01

Soyuz MS-01 transported three members of the Expedition 48 crew to the International Space Station.

The Soyuz is a Soviet crewed spacecraft, developed to perform lunar missions with crew. This version called 7K will fly 4 times on the giant launcher N1, and several tens of times on Proton to fly over the Moon, which will be successful during the mission Zond 4. Soyuz will become the first spacecraft to transport living beings on the Moon during the flight of Zond 5, with two turtles. Thereafter, it is adapted to the low orbit and will fly on the Soyuz launcher to supply the Soviet Salyut and Mir stations, and the ISS.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 7,250.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

2016

44th orbital launch attempt

Soyuz FG

56th mission
2nd mission of 2016
56th successful mission