NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Soyuz MS-15

Launch Time
Wed Sep 25, 2019 13:57 UTC

The final flight of Soyuz FG. Last planned launch from the "Gagarin's start", Site 1/5 at Baikonur.

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-15

Soyuz MS-15 is a crewed mission to the International Space Station.
The Soyuz MS will be crewed by Oleg Skripochka (Roscosmos), Jessica Meir (NASA) and Hazza Al Mansouri (Roscosmos / UAE).
The replacement crew is compose by Sergei Ryzhikov (Roscosmos), Thomas Marshburn (NASA) and Sultan Al Neyadi (Rosocosmos / UAE).

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

2019

69th orbital launch attempt

Soyuz FG

70th mission
3rd mission of 2019
69th successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission