Soyuz 2.1a

Status

Success

Soyuz MS-20 / Space Adventures

Launch Time
Wed Dec 08, 2021 07:38 UTC

First Japanese tourist in space. First Soyuz tourist flight in 10 years.

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Rocket

Soyuz 2.1a

Image Credit: Roscosmos

Roscosmos

Status: Active

Price: $17.42 million

Liftoff Thrust: 4,550 kN

Payload to LEO: 7,500 kg

Payload to GTO: 0 kg

Stages: 3

Strap-ons: 4

Rocket Height: 51.38 m

Fairing Diameter: 4.11 m

Fairing Height: 15.59 m

Details

Mission Details

Soyuz MS-20 / Space Adventures

Soyuz MS-20 will embark with a Russian cosmonaut as flight commander (Aleksandr Misurkin), as well as two Japanese tourists (Yuzaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano) on board the International Space Station for 12 days.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 7,050.0 kg

Low Earth Orbit

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Location

Site 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

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Stats

2021

126th orbital launch attempt

57th mission

7th mission of 2021

55th successful mission

35th consecutive successful mission