An international crew of 2 Russian cosmonauts & @Astro_Sabot launched early Friday. Ahead lie multiple months of science, spacewalks & a bigger @Space_Station. […]
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A Proton-M vehicle is rolled out horizontally to its launch pad. Photo Credit: Roscosmos Barely a month after it arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russia’s Ekspress AM4R communications satellite was launched tonight atop the three-stage Proton-M booster with a Briz-M upper stage. Launch occurred precisely on time at 3:42 a.m. local […]
Atop its Soyuz-U booster, EgyptSat-2 is transferred to Site 31/6 at Baikonur on Monday, 14 April. Photo Credit: Roscosmos Egypt will launch its second remote-sensing satellite into orbit tomorrow (Wednesday, 16 April) atop Russia’s Soyuz-U booster from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The EgyptSat-2 mission is currently scheduled to get underway from Site […] The Progress M-23M cargo craft is readied for launch at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: Roscosmos Following a comparatively brief two months docked at the International Space Station (ISS), Russia’s Progress M-22M cargo craft—also known as “Progress 54P” in ISS Program-speak—successfully separated from the orbital outpost at 9:58 a.m. EDT yesterday (Monday). […] With the arrival of the Soyuz TMA-12M crew, Expedition 39 aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has expanded to six members. Seated are Swanson (left) and Commander Koichi Wakata, with flight engineers Oleg Artemyev, Aleksandr Skvortsov, Mikhail Tyurin, and Rick Mastracchio standing. Photo Credit: NASA Almost two days later than planned, Soyuz TMA-12M […] Last night’s Proton-M launch with Türksat 4A was the 85th mission conducted by ILS and its first major passenger for Turkey. Photo Credit: ILS, with thanks to Mike Barrett International Launch Services (ILS)—the joint U.S.-Russian company, headquartered in Reston, Va., which operates all commercial Proton-M rockets out of Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan—has successfully delivered […] The six outboard propellant tanks, each with its own RD-276 engine, are clearly visible as the Proton-M is transferred to the fueling facility at Baikonur. Photo Credit: ILS With three days to go, International Launch Services (ILS)—the joint U.S.-Russian company which operates all commercial Proton-M rockets out of Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan—stands ready to […] Encapsulated within the payload shroud of its Soyuz-U booster, Progress M-22M stands vertical at Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday, 3 February. Photo Credit: Roscosmos press service Less than 24 hours since its Progress M-20M cargo craft undocked from the International Space Station (ISS), following six months in residence, Russia is […] Both the Türksat 4A and 4B satellites will be launched into orbit in 2014 by separate ILS Proton-M vehicles. Image Credit: Space News With less than a month to go until its first mission of 2014, International Launch Services (ILS)—the joint U.S.-Russian company which operates all commercial Proton-M rockets out of Baikonur Cosmodrome, […] Russia’s Proton-M booster lifts off into thick cloud on 8 December, carrying the Inmarsat 5-F1 satellite for the U.K.-headquartered International Maritime Satellite Organisation. Photo Credit: ILS/Spacevids.tv Freezing, foggy conditions at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan did nothing to prevent Russia’s venerable Proton-M booster from successfully rocketing aloft on its seventh mission of 2013, which […] |
 Next Launch Inspiration-4 on a Falcon 9 rocket from KSC,FL scheduled for: 16 Sep 21 at 0:02 GMT 15 Sep 21 at 8:02pm Eastern 
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