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Proton-M to be launched from Baikonur on October 9

Proton-M to be launched from Baikonur on October 9

On October 9, the Proton-M launch vehicle, installed on the launch site at the Baikonur cosmodrome, will deliever the Eutelsat 5 West B and Mission Extension Vehicle-1 telecommunications satellites into the orbit, Roscosmos reports. …

RDIF to invest $87 mln in modernizing Baikonur spaceport

RDIF to invest $87 mln in modernizing Baikonur spaceport

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) will invest $87 million in modernizing infrastructure at the Baikonur spaceport together with Middle Eastern investors, GK Launch Services and with the support of Russia's Roscosmos space …

Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft prepared for launch at Baikonur

Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft prepared for launch at Baikonur

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft is ready for encapsulation into the nose fairing of the Soyuz booster rocket March 6, according to NASA press release. Expedition 59 crew members Nick …

 New crew arrives at International Space Station

New crew arrives at International Space Station

The crewmembers of the manned Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft that docked to the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday evening has entered the station after pressure inside the spaceship and the station was equalized, a spokesman for the mission …

Russia's Soyuz MS-11 successfully launched

Russia's Soyuz MS-11 successfully launched

The manned Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft with three crewmembers of the new expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) has entered the near-Earth orbit and started its autonomous flight to the orbital outpost, Russia’s State Space …

Soyuz rocket launch failure: recent developments

Soyuz rocket launch failure: recent developments

A carrier failure has occurred today after the launch of the Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) with Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague onboard. A …

Baikonur's Kazakh staff transferred from "Proton" to "Baiterek"

Baikonur's Kazakh staff transferred from "Proton" to "Baiterek"

Kazakh specialists, who previously prepared "Proton" space rockets for launch at Baikonur cosmodrome, have been transferred to and are passing the re-training course at the facilities, which Russia hands over to Kazakhstan in the …

Will Russia withdraw troops from Baikonur?

Will Russia withdraw troops from Baikonur?

Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome can be made a completely civilian object, minister of Kazakhstan's defense and aerospace industry Beibut Atamkulov said. "Indeed, the issue of military withdrawal from …

Russia, Kazakhstan and UAE agree to boost space cooperation

Russia, Kazakhstan and UAE agree to boost space cooperation

Space agencies of Kazakhstan, Russia and the United Arab Emirates have signed a protocol on expanding trilateral space cooperation at a meeting in Baikonur. The protocol was signed by Kazakhstan’s Minister of Defense and Aerospace …

Progress MS-08 to be launched to ISS today

Progress MS-08 to be launched to ISS today

Soyuz-2.1a rocket will be launched with Progress MS-08 resupply ship from the Baikonur Cosmodrome today at 11:13 Moscow time, Roscosmos said in a statement. "The launch of the Progress MS-08 cargo spacecraft is scheduled for the …

 Russia returns 11,600 hectares of land back to Kazakhstan

Russia returns 11,600 hectares of land back to Kazakhstan

A protocol adjusting the Baikonur lease agreement, which has been signed in Chelyabinsk, ends the lease of land near the towns of Akai and Toretam by Russia, the Kazakh Defense and Aerospace Industry Ministry said in a statement. …

Twelve spacecrafts to be launched from Baikonur

Twelve spacecrafts to be launched from Baikonur

12 spacecraft,  including the Kanopus-V-IK satellite for remote sensing of the Earth, will be launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome. The corresponding order was given by the head of the Russian government, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. …

Man dies in fire at carrier rocket stage drop zone in Kazakhstan

Man dies in fire at carrier rocket stage drop zone in Kazakhstan

The driver of a Kamaz truck operated by Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyenia rocket-and-space enterprise has died while extinguishing a fire in the Kazakh steppe, which erupted at the drop zone of the stages of the Russian Soyuz-2.1a carrier …

Baikonur prepares for Progress MS-06 launch

Baikonur prepares for Progress MS-06 launch

Preparations for the second launch of the year began at Baikonur cosmodrome under the ISS programme, Kazinfom reports. Specialists of the Progress Russian Space Center are preparing Soyuz-2.1A carrier rocket for the launch which is …

Soyuz-FG Rocket installed at Baikonur launch pad

Soyuz-FG Rocket installed at Baikonur launch pad

A Soyuz-FG carrier rocket with a Soyuz MS-04 space freighter was transferred and installed at a launch pad of the Baikonur space center on April 17, Russia's Roscosmos State Corporation said. The launch of the Soyuz MS-04 piloted …