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Soyuz MS-21

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Human Exploration

Low Earth Orbit 31/6 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Soyuz MS-21 will carry Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • March 18, 2022, 4:06 p.m.

Launch success


Nosu • March 18, 2022, 3:56 p.m.

Liftoff


Nosu • March 18, 2022, 1:58 p.m.

Webcast live


Nosu • Jan. 2, 2022, 1:23 p.m.

Date and T-0 announced by ROSCOSMOS


Soyuz 2.1a

Family:
Configuration:

The Soyuz 2.1A converted the flight control system from analog to digital, which allowed launch from fixed platforms. It also allowed big fairings and payloads. It is currently used for crewed Soyuz and Progress flights to the ISS.

Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    2
  • Max Stage
    3
  • Length
    46.3 m
  • Diameter
    2.95 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    312.0 T
  • Thrust
    4149.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Soyuz 2.1a
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Soyuz 2.1a
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $80000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    7020.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    2810.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    4230.0 kg

Soyuz MS-21


Active Human Rated Crew On-board: 3 Crew Capacity: 3
Destination: International Space Station
Serial Number: 11F732A48 #750

Launched to the ISS in March 2022.

Soyuz MS Details

Crew


Oleg Artemyev

Commander - configurations.Country.None - ( RFSA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Dec. 28, 1970
Age: 55

Denis Matveev

Flight Engineer - configurations.Country.None - ( RFSA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: April 23, 1983
Age: 42

Sergey Korsakov

Flight Engineer - configurations.Country.None - ( RFSA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Sept. 1, 1984
Age: 41

Progress Rocket Space Center

Progress Rocket Space Center

(PRSC)

CEO: Dmitry Baranov Founded: 1996 Successes: 44 Failures: 1 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

Progress Rocket Space Centre, formerly known as TsSKB-Progress, is a space science and aerospace research company which is known for manufacturing launch vehicles and satellites. Most notably, Progress Rocket Space Centre is the manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles.

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