The launch of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage and a batch of 34 OneWeb satellites is scheduled for 01:23 a.m. Moscow time on August 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch will boost the constellation of OneWeb satellites to 288 spacecraft. The delivery into orbit will take 3 hours and 45 minutes, Roscosmos said.
15.08.2021
Russia’s Soyuz-2.1b rocket assembled at Baikonur spaceport to launch OneWeb satellites
The launch of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage and a batch of 34 OneWeb satellites is scheduled for August 20
Specialists completed the assembly of a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket at the Baikonur spaceport to orbit OneWeb satellites on August 20, the press office of Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos announced on Friday.
"Specialists of Roscosmos subsidiaries - the Yuzhny Space Center (a branch of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities) and a branch of the Progress Space Rocket Center - assembled the Mission 35 Soyuz-2.1b space rocket with the Fregat upper stage and OneWeb satellites," the statement says.
The space rocket is currently installed on the transport and installation unit before being rolled out to the launch complex. No faults were identified in the preparation of the rocket’s integral parts, Roscosmos specified.
"A meeting of the State Commission is planned for August 14 to clear the rocket for its rollout to the launch pad," it added.
Quelle: TASS
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Update: 17.08.2021
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Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying OneWeb satellites installed at Baikonur launch pad
The Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Fregat booster is scheduled to be launched from the Baikonur spaceport at 01:23 am Moscow time on August 20
The Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket carrying British OneWeb communication satellites has been installed on the launch pad at Site 31 (Vostok) at the Baikonur spaceport, Russia's Roscosmos state space agency said in a statement on Monday.
"The space rocket has been installed at Site 31 at the Baikonur spaceport," the statement reads.
The Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Fregat booster is scheduled to be launched from the Baikonur spaceport at 01:23 am Moscow time on August 20. The rocket will deliver 34 OneWeb satellites into orbit, bringing the total number of satellites in the OneWeb constellation to 288. The delivery process will take three hours and 45 minutes.
OneWeb satellites are designed to provide high-speed Internet access.
Quelle: TASS
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Update: 20.08.2021
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Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with 34 OneWeb satellites launch rescheduled
The pre-launch preparation was automatically cancelled
The launch of a Soyuz-2.1b missile carrier which is meant to place into orbit 34 OneWeb satellites along with the Fregat booster has been rescheduled, the commentator said during the broadcast on Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, website.
"The date was rescheduled to a reserve one," the commentator noted.
According to the broadcast, the pre-launch preparation was automatically cancelled.
The launch of a Soyuz-2.1b rocket is preliminarily planned for 01:18 a.m. Moscow time on August 21. "According to preliminary data, the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Fregat booster and 34 OneWeb spacecraft as part of the mission No.35 is planned for August 21, 2021 at 01:18:22 (a.m. - TASS) Moscow time," the statement reads.
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Update: 22.08.2021
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Soyuz launch with OneWeb satellites postponed to August 22 at client’s request
The launch is to bring the number of British satellites to 288
The launch of a Soyuz-2.1b carried rocket with 34 British OneWeb communications satellites has been postponed to August 22 at the client’s request, CEO of Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday.
"The launch of the carrier rocket from Baikonur has been postponed for one day at the request of the foreign client due the non-readiness of its ground-based measuring instruments," he wrote on his Telegram channel.
The Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket was to be launched from Baikonur at 01:23 Moscow time on August 20 but the launch was rescheduled after the automatic cancellation of pre-launch operations. A source in the space industry told TASS later that the launch had been rescheduled because of improper operation of a ground complex valve while the rocket was in perfect condition.
The launch is to bring the number of British satellites to 288.
The first six OneWeb satellites were orbited by a Soyuz-ST carrier rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana on February 28, 2019. Another 34 satellites were delivered into outer space on February 7, 2020 and the same amount on March 21 from the Baikonur spaceport.
OneWeb satellites were launched from the Vostochny spaceport for the first time in December 2020. A total of 36 space vehicles were put into orbit. Further launches took place from the Vostochny space center on Marcch 25, April 26, May 28, and July 1, 2021.
OneWeb’s renewed agreement with the French Arianespace that acts as the launch operator stipulates the lift-off of 16 Russian Soyuz carrier rockets from the Kourou, Vostochny and Baikonur spaceports in 2020-2022. Each launch can put between 34-36 OneWeb satellites into orbit.
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Soyuz-2.1b rocket with 34 OneWeb satellites launched from Baikonur space port
Satellites will be separated during several phases
The Soyuz-2.1b carrier vehicle with the Frigate upper stage and 34 UK’s OneWeb communication satellites was launched from the Baikonur site, according to the live stream of the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos on its website.
The Frigate upper stage separated from the third rocket stage later. Satellites will be separated during several phases.
This is the first launch of OneWeb satellites from Baikonur in this year. It should increase the number of spacecraft of the UK-based company on the orbit to 288.
Quelle: TASS
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Next launch of UK’s OneWeb satellites is scheduled for September 14 - Arianespace
Stephane Israel expressed gratitude to Russian partners from Glavkosmos for the successful launch of 34 OneWeb satellites into orbit using the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle that took place earlier on Sunday
he next launch of UK’s OneWeb communication satellites is scheduled for September 14, Stephane Israel, head of the Arianespace company announced on Twitter on Sunday.
"We will be back on September 14 for our next OneWeb launch," he wrote.
In particular, he expressed gratitude to Russian partners from Glavkosmos for the successful launch of 34 OneWeb satellites into orbit using the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle that took place earlier on Sunday.
"Thanks to the teams OneWeb, to our Starsem and our Russian partners Glavkosmos for helping make Flight ST34 a success!" Israel tweeted.
The Soyuz-2.1b carrier vehicle with the Frigate upper stage and 34 UK’s OneWeb communication satellites was launched from the Baikonur site at 01:13 am Moscow time.
This is the first launch of OneWeb satellites from Baikonur in this year. As a result the number of spacecraft of the UK-based company on the orbit has reached 288.
As part of this project, Russia’s Glavkosmos is working with Arianespace (the launch’s operator) and Starsem.
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