https://spacewatch.global/tag/baikonur-cosmodrome/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 25 Jan 2024 07:00:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/baikonur-cosmodrome/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2024/01/astroscale-successfully-concludes-elsa-d-de-orbiting-mission/ Thu, 25 Jan 2024 07:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53359 Astroscale Holdings Inc. has announced the completion of the final phase of its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale (ELSA-d) mission with the safe and controlled de-orbit operations of the ELSA-d servicer satellite. The satellite leveraged its remaining operational thrusters to achieve the controlled de-orbiting, marking the successful conclusion of the pioneering mission.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/10/russian-crew-arrives-at-iss-to-film-first-movie-in-orbit/ Wed, 06 Oct 2021 06:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=36294 Russian actress Yulia Peresild, 37, and film director Klim Shipenko, 38, arrived at the ISS on Tuesday after a smooth take-off from Baikonur Cosmodrome. They are on a 12-day mission filming the first movie in orbit. The crew travelled in a Soyuz MS-19 spaceship and docked behind schedule.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/08/arianespaces-soyuz-deploys-34-new-oneweb-satellites/ Mon, 23 Aug 2021 06:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=35287 British operator OneWeb’s 34 new satellites launched into space on a Russian Soyuz rocket operated by Arianespace. The take-off was at 22.13 GMT Saturday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Roscosmos space agency and Arianespace said. It was the fifth launch of OneWeb satellites this year, with the last one being in July.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/07/europes-robotic-arm-and-russians-nauka-on-their-way-to-iss/ Fri, 23 Jul 2021 06:00:32 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=34551&preview=true&preview_id=34551 The European Robotic Arm (ERA) is on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) after its launch from Baikonur, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. The 11-m-long robot is travelling folded and attached to what will be its home base – the Multipurpose Laboratory Module, also called ‘Nauka’, ESA said. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/03/sateliot-to-launch-first-nano-satellite-to-test-5g-constellation/ Tue, 09 Mar 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=31002&preview=true&preview_id=31002 Sateliot to launch first nano satellite to test 5G constellation]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/02/russian-progress-77-carries-iss-supply-mission/ Tue, 16 Feb 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=30420&preview=true&preview_id=30420 Russian Progress 77 carries ISS supply mission]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/01/astroscale-prepares-its-elsa-space-junk-tracker-for-launch/ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29875&preview=true&preview_id=29875 Astroscale prepares its ELSA space junk tracker for launch]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/12/astroscale-ships-elsa-d-spacecraft-to-launch-site/ Tue, 22 Dec 2020 07:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29231 Astroscale has shipped its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale demonstration (ELSA-d) satellite to Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a March 2021 launch on a Soyuz rocket.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/quality-control-issues-delay-russian-proton-m-launches/ Wed, 15 Apr 2020 05:00:21 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21569 Three Proton-M launch vehicles have been returned from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to their manufacturer in Moscow after newly introduced Roscosmos quality control measures found defective components and parts in them.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/oneweb-in-trouble-despite-successful-launch-of-another-34-satellites/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 06:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20807 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/russias-proton-m-rocket-ready-to-deliver-nauka-research-lab-to-iss/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 06:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19809 Russia’s Khrunichev Space Center has built a Proton-M carrier rocket to deliver the Nauka (Science) multi-functional laboratory module to the International Space Station (ISS), the head of the state space corporation Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said on 21 February 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/op-ed-ewan-lawrenson-on-the-oneweb-launch/ Sun, 23 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19684&preview=true&preview_id=19684 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/oneweb-successfully-launches-34-satellites/ Mon, 10 Feb 2020 06:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19254 Global communications company OneWeb announced its successful launch of 34 satellites aboard a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/kazakhstan-to-start-its-own-satellite-design-and-manufacturing-industrial-base/ Thu, 06 Feb 2020 06:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19154 Kazakhstan has revealed that it intends to stand up and establish its own satellite manufacturing capabilities and industry with the aim of being able to build and launch its own communications and Earth observation satellites, as well as scientific and technological testbed spacecraft.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/uks-oneweb-schedules-launch-of-second-batch-of-34-satellites-from-baikonur/ Wed, 05 Feb 2020 06:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19138 OneWeb, the UK-headquartered global satellite communications company, is scheduled to launch its second batch of 34 satellites on 6-7 February 2020 on board a Soyuz 2.1B satellite launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/uks-oneweb-signs-distribution-agreement-with-georgian-telecoms-provider-silknet/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 06:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18927 OneWeb, the global communications company, whose goal is to connect everyone everywhere, announces the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bring high-speed, low-latency internet coverage to Georgia with JSC Silknet, a leading convergent Georgian telecommunications company.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/uks-oneweb-signs-mou-with-kazakhstans-astana-international-finance-centre-to-expand-connectivity/ Wed, 29 Jan 2020 06:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18913 OneWeb, the global communications company, whose goal is to connect everyone everywhere, has announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), the largest financial hub in Central Asia, to accelerate broadband connectivity in Kazakhstan.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/russia-kazakhstan-and-uae-to-proceed-with-modernization-of-gagarins-start-launch-facility-at-baikonur/ Thu, 23 Jan 2020 06:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18744 Russia, Kazakhstan, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are set to proceed with a trilateral agreement to modernise the 'Gagarin's Start' launch complex at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, according to a 16 January 2020 report in Azerbaijan's Trend News Agency citing Russian and Kazakh sources.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/kazakh-parliament-approves-baikonur-cosmodrome-amendments-with-russia-land-return/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 06:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18380 https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/uks-surrey-satellite-ships-elsa-d-target-satellite-to-japans-astroscale/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 06:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16952 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has shipped a 16kg Target satellite for Astroscale's End-of-Life Services by Astroscale demonstration (ELSA-d) mission to Tokyo, where it will be bolted to the Chaser satellite for environmental testing ahead of launch in 2020.]]>