Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
08:05:06
Thursday April 9, 2020
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Official Livestream
400th launch from Site 31/6 (including suborbital flights). First crewed flight of Soyuz 2.1a.
Soyuz MS-16 is a crewed mission to the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS will be crewed by Anatoli Ivanishin (Roscosmos), Ivan Vagner (Roscosmos) and Christopher Cassidy (NASA). The replacement crew is flying on MS-16 to replace the original crew, because cosmonaut Nikolai Tikhonov who was to fly on MS-16 was injured. Christopher Cassidy can be replaced by Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA). It will be the 168th flight of Soyuz.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
7,080 kilograms
Manufacturer
RKK EnergiyaPrice
$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
45th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2020
25th
Orbital launch attempt