Soyuz MS-23

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

00:24:29

Friday February 24, 2023

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Soyuz MS-23

Soyuz MS-23 was launched without crew, and will automatically dock to the ISS to replace the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft that suffered a thermal control system depressurization/leak on the ISS on December 15, 2022.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

7,050 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Soyuz 2.1a

Active Since 2004

RKK Energiya logo

Manufacturer

RKK Energiya

Price

$17.42 million

Rocket

Height: 51.38m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 7,500 kg

GTO: 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust

4,550 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.11m

Height: 15.59m

Stages

3

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

Site 31/6

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

47 hr 9 min

Stats

Soyuz 2.1a


67th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2023

2023


26th

Orbital launch attempt