Soyuz rocket launches 36 OneWeb satellites from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Dec. 27, 2021. (Credit: Arianespace)
MOSCOW (Roscosmos PR) — For the third year in a row, Roscosmos ensured trouble-free launches of spacecraft from the Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny cosmodromes. Russia has achieved the best indicators of accident-free launches in 5 years (about 97 percent) among the leading space powers (Russia, USA, China).
As of the end of 2021, 25 launches of space rockets were carried out, including 14 launches from the Baikonur cosmodrome, 5 launches from Vostochny, 5 from Plesetsk and 1 from the Guiana Space Center.
Soyuz rocket lifts off with the Galileo 27 and 28 satellites. (Credit: Arianespace webcast)
KOUROU, French Guiana (Roscosmos PR) — In accordance with the flight program, two new European Galileo FOC M9 satellites have successfully separated from the Fregat upper stage. Navigation spacecraft are in target orbit and are taken over by the customer. The launch vehicles of the State Corporation Roscosmos – the Soyuz-ST-B launch vehicle and the Fregat upper stage – worked without comment.
Spaceflight participant Yozo Hiro, Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin and spaceflight participant Yusaku Maezawa. (Credit: Roscosmos)
Dates and times subject to change without notice. And remember: no wagering.
December 1
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 Payloads: 53 Starlink broadband satellites Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Time: 6:20 p.m. EST (2320 GMT) Webcast: www.spacex.com
December 1/2
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz ST-B/Fregat-MT Payloads: Galileo 27 & 28 navigation satellites Location: Guiana Space Center Time: 7:31 p.m. EST (0031 GMT on Dec. 2) Webcast:https://www.youtube.com/c/arianespace
December 5
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V Payloads: U.S. Space Force LDPE-1 space tug; STPSat-6 technology demonstrator with NASA Laser Communications Relay Demonstration payload Location: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Time: 4:04-6:04 a.m. EST (0904-1104 GMT) Webcast:http://www.ulalaunch.com
