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Russian space program in 2024
At the end of January 2024, Deputy Defense Minister Aleksei Krivoruchko promised 18 orbital launches of military spacecraft before the end of the year. Seven launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles were also planned for 2024. In total, more than 40 orbital launches were planned by Roskosmos, according to an interview of its head Yuri Borisov published on February 19. However, Borisov cautioned that it was only a plan which would be difficult to fulfill given the experience in the previous year.
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Angara-5 lifts off from its new launch pad in Vostochny on April 11, 2024.
The world's orbital launch attempts in 2024 (as of
April 18, 2024
):
| 1 |
India |
Jan. 1 |
09:10 India Standard Time |
X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) |
Science / astronomy |
PSLV-C58 |
Sriharikota |
FLP |
1 |
Success |
| 2 |
USA |
Jan. 2 |
7:44 p.m. Pacific Time |
Starlink-7-9 (21 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
| 3 |
USA |
Jan. 3 |
6:04 p.m. EST |
Ovzon-3 |
Application / communications |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
| 4 |
China |
Jan. 5 |
19:20 Beijing Time |
Tianmu-1-15, Tianmu-1-16, Tianmu-1-17, Tianmu-1-18, |
Application / weather forecasting |
Kuaizhou-1A |
Jiuquan |
43/95A |
- |
Success |
| 5 |
USA |
Jan. 7 |
5:35 p.m. EST |
Starlink-6-35 (23 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
| 6 |
USA |
Jan. 8 |
2:18:38.231 a.m. EST |
Peregrine |
Planetary / lunar lander |
Vulcan-Centaur |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-41 |
- |
Success |
| 7 |
China |
Jan. 9 |
15:03 Beijing Time |
Einstein |
Science / X-ray astronomy |
Chang Zheng-2C |
Xichang |
3 |
- |
Success |
| 8 |
China |
Jan. 11 |
11:52 Beijing Time |
Tyansin-1-02 |
Communications |
Kuaizhou-1A |
Jiuquan |
43/95A |
- |
Success |
| 9 |
China |
Jan. 11 |
13:30 Beijing Time |
Yunyao-1-18, Yunyao-1-19, Yunyao-1-20 |
Application / weather forecasting |
Yinli-1 |
Yellow Sea |
Dong Fang Hang Tian barge |
- |
Success |
| 10 |
Japan |
Jan. 12 |
13:44:26 Japan Standard Time |
IGS Optical-8 |
Military / optical reconnaissance |
H-2A/202 (F48) |
Tanegashima |
- |
- |
Success |
| 11 |
USA |
Jan. 14 |
12:59:30 a.m. Pacific Time |
Starlink-7-10 (22 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
| 12 |
USA |
Jan. 14 |
8:52 p.m. EST |
Starlink-6-73 (23 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
| 13 |
China |
Jan. 17 |
22:27:30.728 Beijing Time |
Tianzhou-7 |
Cargo supply |
Chang Zheng-7 Y8 |
Wenchang |
201 |
- |
Success |
| 14 |
USA |
Jan. 18 |
4:49 p.m. EST |
Crew Dragon Ax-3 |
Piloted |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral/KSC |
LC-39A |
A |
Success |
| 15 |
Iran |
Jan. 20 |
06:28:34 UTC |
Suraya |
Military |
Qaem-100 |
Shahroud |
- |
- |
Success |
| 16 |
China |
Jan. 23 |
12:03 Beijing Time |
Taijing-1-03, -2-02, 2-03, -2-04, -4-03 |
Application / remote-sensing |
Lijian-1 (Kinetica-1) (Y3) |
Jiuquan |
130 |
- |
Success |
| 17 |
USA |
Jan. 23 |
4:35:00 p.m. Pacific Time |
Starlink-7-11 (22 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
| 18 |
Iran |
Jan. 28 |
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Mahda, Kayhan-2, Hatef-1 |
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Simorgh |
Semnan |
- |
- |
Success |
| 19 |
USA |
Jan. 28 |
8:10:00 p.m. EST |
Starlink-6-38 (23 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral/KSC |
LC-39 |
- |
Success |
| 20 |
USA |
Jan. 28 |
9:57 p.m. Pacific Time |
Starlink-7-12 (22 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
| 21 |
USA |
Jan. 30 |
12:07 p.m. EST |
Cygnus NG-20 |
Cargo supply |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
| 22 |
USA |
Jan. 31 |
19:34 New Zealand Time |
Lemur (4 satellites) |
Application |
Electron |
Mahia |
LC-1B |
B |
Success |
| 23 |
China |
Feb. 3 |
07:37 Beijing Time |
Geely-02 (11 satellites) |
Navigation |
Chang Zheng-2C |
Xichang |
- |
- |
Success |
| 24 |
China |
Feb. 3 |
11:06 Beijing Time |
DRO-L, Zhixing-2A (SmartSat-2A), DongFangHuiYan-GF01, WeiHai-1/01, -02, XingShiDai-18, -19, -20, NexSat-1 |
Experimental |
Jielong-3 (Smart Dragon) (Y3) |
Yangjian, Guangdong, South-China Sea |
Bo Run Jiu Zhou barge |
- |
Success |
| 25 |
USA |
Feb. 8 |
1:33 a.m. EST |
PACE |
Application / remote sensing |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
| 26 |
Russia (IC) |
Feb. 9 |
10:03 Moscow Time |
Kosmos-2575 |
Military |
Soyuz-2-1v |
Plesetsk |
Site 43 |
4 |
Success |
| 27 |
USA |
Feb. 9 |
4:34 p.m. Pacific Time |
Starlink-7-13 (22 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
| 28 |
USA |
Feb. 14 |
5:30 p.m. EST |
USSF-124 (6 satellites) |
Military / easrly warning |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
| 29 |
Russia (IC) |
Feb. 15 |
06:25:05.527 Moscow Time |
Progress MS-26 |
Cargo supply |
Soyuz-2-1a |
Baikonur |
Site 31 |
6 |
Success |
| 30 |
USA |
Feb. 15 |
1:05 a.m. EST |
Intuitive Machines' (IM1) Odysseus Nova-C |
Moon / lander |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral/KSC |
LC-39A |
A |
Success |
| 31 |
USA |
Feb. 15 |
1:34 p.m. Pacific Time |
Starlink-7-14 (22 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
| 32 |
Japan |
Feb. 17 |
09:39 Japan Standard Time |
CE-Sat-1E, TirSat-3U |
Experimental |
H3 (TF2) |
Tanegashima |
- |
- |
Success |
| 33 |
India |
Feb. 17 |
17:35 India Standard Time |
Insat-3DS |
Application |
GSLV-Mk2 (F14) |
Sriharikota |
SLP |
2 |
Success |
| 34 |
USA |
Feb. 19 |
06:52 New Zeland Time |
ADRAS-J |
Experimental / inspector |
Electron-KS (F44) |
Mahia |
LC-1A |
A |
Success |
| 35 |
USA |
Feb. 20 |
3:11 p.m. EST |
Telkomsat Merah Putih-2 |
Application / communications |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
| 36 |
USA |
Feb. 22 |
8:11:50 p.m. Pacific Time |
Starlink-7-15 (22 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
| 37 |
China |
Feb. 23 |
~19:30 Beijing Time |
Tongxin Jishu Shiyan Weixing (TJSW-11) |
Military |
Chang Zheng-5 (Y7) |
Wenchang |
101 |
- |
Success |
| 38 |
USA |
Feb. 25 |
5:06 p.m. EST |
Starlink-6-39 (24 satellites) |
Appllication / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
- |
- |
Success |
| 39 |
Russia (IC) |
Feb. 29 |
08:43:26 Moscow Time |
Meteor-M2-4, Marafon-IoT mass mockup (IC), Zorky-2M No. 2, Pars-1, SITRO-AIS (16 satellites) |
Application / weather forecasting |
Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat |
Vostochny |
1S |
|
Success |
| 40 |
China |
Feb. 29 |
21:03 Bejing Time |
Hulianwang gaogui weixing 01 xing |
Application / communications |
Cang Zheng-3B |
Xichang |
|
|
Success |
| 41 |
USA |
Feb. 29 |
10:30 a.m. EST |
Starlink-6-40 (23 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
|
Success |
| 42 |
USA |
March 3 |
10:53:38 p.m. EST |
Crew Dragon (Endeavour) |
Piloted |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral/KSC |
LC-39A |
A |
Success |
| 43 |
USA |
March 4 |
2:05 p.m. Pacific Time |
Transporter-10 (53 satellites) |
|
Falcon-9 |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
| 44 |
USA |
March 4 |
6:56 p.m. EST |
Starlink-6-41 (23 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
|
Success |
| 45 |
USA |
March 10 |
7:05 p.m. EDT |
Starlink-6-43 (23 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
|
Success |
| 46 |
USA |
March 10 |
9:09 p.m. Pacific Time |
Starlink-7-17 (23 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
| 47 |
USA |
March 13 |
04:03 a.m. New Zealand Time |
StriX-3 |
Radar imaging |
Electron |
Mahia |
LC-1B |
B |
Success |
| 48 |
Japan |
March 13 |
07:01 Japan Standard Time |
CSICE Quick Response Satellite |
Military |
Kairos |
Kii |
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Failure |
| 49 |
China |
March 13 |
20:51 Beijing Time |
DRO-A, DRO-B |
Lunar |
Chang Zheng-2C/YZ-1S |
Xichang |
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Failure |
| 50 |
USA |
March 14 |
8:25 a.m. Central Time |
Starship IFT-3 |
Experimental |
Starship- Superheavy |
Boca Chica |
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Success |
| 51 |
USA |
March 15 |
8:21 p.m. EDT |
Starlink-6-44 (23 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral/KSC |
LC-39A |
A |
Success |
| 52 |
USA |
March 18 |
7:28 p.m. Pacific Time |
Starlink-7-16 (20 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
| 53 |
China |
March 20 |
~08:31 Beijing Time |
Queqiao-2, Tiandu-1, -2 |
Lunar / data relay |
Chang Zheng-8 (Y3) |
Wenchang |
201 |
|
Success |
| 54 |
China |
March 21 |
13:27 Beijing Time |
Yunhai-2-02 |
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Chang Zheng-2D |
Jiuquan |
|
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Success |
| 55 |
USA |
March 21 |
3:25 a.m. EDT |
NROL-123 "Live and Let Fly" (USA-352), MOLA, Aerocube-16A, -16B |
Military |
Electron |
Wallops |
LC-2 |
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Success |
| 56 |
USA |
March 21 |
4:55 p.m. EDT |
Cargo Dragon CRS-30 |
Cargo supply |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
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Success |
| 57 |
Russia (IC) |
March 23 |
15:36:10.573 Moscow Time |
Soyuz MS-25 |
Piloted |
Soyuz-2-1a |
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6 |
Success |
| 58 |
USA |
March 23 |
11:09 p.m. EDT |
Starlink-6-42 (23 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral/KSC |
LC-39A |
A |
Success |
| 59 |
USA |
March 25 |
5:52:00 p.m. EDT |
Starlink-6-46 (23 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
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Success |
| 60 |
China |
March 26 |
06:51 Beijing Time |
Yunhai-3-02 |
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Chang Zheng-6A |
Taiyuan |
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Success |
| 61 |
USA |
March 30 |
5:52 p.m. EDT |
Eutelsat-36D |
Application / communications |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral/KSC |
LC-39A |
A |
Success |
| 62 |
USA |
March 30 |
9:30 p.m. EDT |
Starlink-6-45 (23 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
|
Success |
| 63 |
Russia (IC) |
March 31 |
12:36:45.626 Moscow Time |
Resurs-P No. 4 |
Application / remote sensing |
Soyuz-2-1b |
Baikonur |
Site 31 |
6 |
Success |
| 64 |
USA |
April 1 |
7:30 p.m. Pacific Time |
Starlink-7-18 (22 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
| 65 |
China |
April 3 |
06:56 Beijing Time |
Yaogan-42-01 |
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Chang Zheng-2D |
Xichang |
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| 66 |
USA |
April 5 |
5:12 a.m. EDT |
Starlink-6-47 (23 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
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Success |
| 67 |
USA |
April 6 |
7:25 p.m. Pacific Time |
Starlink-8-1 (21 satellite) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
| 68 |
USA |
April 7 |
7:16 p.m. EDT |
Bandwagon-1: 425Sat, Cluster-8, -9, Centauri-6, QPS-SAR-7 Tsukuyomi-2, Capella-14, TSat-1A (11 satellites) |
Military |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral/KSC |
LC-39A |
A |
Success |
| 69 |
USA |
April 9 |
12:53 p.m. EDT |
NROL-70/USA-353 |
Military / SIGINT |
Delta-4 Heavy |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-37 |
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Success |
| 70 |
USA |
April 10 |
1:40 a.m. EDT |
Starlink-6-48 |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
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Success |
| 71 |
Russia (IC) |
April 11 |
12:00:00.164 Moscow Time |
Size and Mass Dummy (IC), Gagarinets, satellite mockup |
Experimental |
Angara-A5/Orion prototype (IC) |
Vostochny |
1A |
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Success |
| 72 |
USA |
April 11 |
7:25 a.m. Pacific Time |
USSF-62 (WSF-M SV1) |
Military / weather |
Falcon-9 |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
| 73 |
USA |
April 12 |
9:40 p.m. EDT |
Starlink-6-49 (23 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
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Success |
| 74 |
China |
April 15 |
12:12 Beijing Time |
Siwei Gaojing san hao-3-01 (Superview) |
Application / remote sensing |
Chang Zheng-2D |
Jiuquan |
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Success |
| 75 |
USA |
April 17 |
5:26 p.m. EDT |
Starlink-6-51 (23 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
LC-39A |
A |
Success |
The 2024 space launch score card (as of
April 18, 2024
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Falcon-9:
39 |
Kuaizhou-1A:
2 |
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H2A:
1 |
Qaem-100:
1 |
PSLV:
1 |
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Vulcan-Centaur:
1 |
Chang Zheng-2C:
3 (1*) |
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H3:
1 |
Simorgh:
1 |
GSLV-Mk2:
1 |
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Electron:
4 |
Yinli:
1 |
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Kairos:
1* |
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Starship-Superheavy:
1 |
Chang Zheng-7:
1 |
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Delta-4 Heavy:
1 |
Lijian-1 (Kinetica-1):
1 |
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Jielong-3 (Smart Dragon):
1 |
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Chang Zheng-5:
1 |
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Chang Zheng-3B:
1 |
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Chang Zheng-8:
1 |
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Chang Zheng-2D:
3 |
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Chang Zheng-6A:
1 |
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USA failed:
0 |
China failed:
1 |
Russia failed:
0 |
Japan failed:
1 |
Iran failed:
0 |
India failed:
0 |
World failed:
2 |
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Vandenberg:
13 |
Jiuquan:
5 |
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Tanegashima:
2 |
Shahroud:
1 |
Sriharikota:
2
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World sites:
19 |
Cape Canaveral:
28 |
Xichang:
5 |
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Kii:
1 |
Semnan:
1 |
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Mahia:
3 |
Yellow Sea:
1 |
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Boca Chica:
1 |
Wenchang:
3 |
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Wallops:
1 |
South-China Sea:
1 |
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Taiyuan:
1 |
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Planned Russian space launches in 2024:
May 30: A Soyuz-2 rocket to launch Progress MS-27 from Baikonur toward the International Space Station, ISS. (As of 2014) Progress MS-27 was delivered to Baikonur, along with Soyuz MS-25, on Sept. 14, 2023. By November 2023, the launch was re-scheduled from April 16, 2024, to May 30, 2024, and in early January 2024, it was expected on June 3, 2024. However, by mid April 2024, the launch date shifted back to May 30, 2024.
The processing of the spacecraft in Baikonur officially started on March 25, 2024, when specialists from RKK Energia removed the spacecraft from storage, conducted its inspection and began preparations for tests and loading of cargo.
June 8: A Soyuz-2 rocket to launch Kondor-FKA No. 2 satellite from Pad 1S in Vostochny. (As of March 2023)
Second quarter of 2024: A Soyuz-2.1a rocket to launch the Obzor-R remote-sensing satellite. In early 2024, the launch was expected in the second quarter of that year.
July: Russia to launch Elektro-M No. 2-2 weather-forecasting satellite.
August 15: A Soyuz-2 rocket to launch Progress MS-28 from Baikonur toward the International Space Station, ISS. (As of 2014, the launch was panciled for July 1, but by the Fall of 2023, the launch drifted to Aug. 15, 2024.
The delivery of the spacecraft to Baikonur was reported on Nov. 29, 2023.
August: A Soyuz-2 rocket to launch the Bion-M No. 2 satellite. (In 2013, the launch was expected in 2016-2017, however by mid-2014 it was delayed to 2019. In 2015, the mission was re-scheduled for 2021 and by the end of 2018, it was postponed until 2023. The 2023 launch date was reconfirmed in 2019. By that time, it was postponed until 2024.)
September 11: A Soyuz-2 rocket to launch a Soyuz MS-26 (Production No. 757) with a crew of three from Baikonur toward the International Space Station, ISS. (As of 2014)
In March 2023, Roskosmos reported that Sergei Kud-Sverchkov, Aleksei Zubritsky and Aleksandr Gorbunov were assigned to be a backup crew for Expedition 72, which included Sergei Ryzhikov and Mikaev. Kud-Sverchkov's crew was also expected to serve as a primary crew during the first Russian expedition to the ISS in 2025. On March 27, 2024, NASA publicly confirmed that its veteran astronaut Don Pettit will fly aboard Soyuz MS-26, as a member of ISS Expeditions 71 and 72.
After post-production tests in Korolev in the Fall of 2023, Soyuz MS-26 was shipped to Baikonur Cosmodrome on Dec. 18, 2023. It was unloaded at the processing site at Site 254 in Baikonur on Dec. 25, 2023.
October 16: A Soyuz-2 rocket to launch Progress cargo ship from Baikonur toward the International Space Station, ISS. (As of 2014)
Nov. 5: A Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat rocket to launch a pair of Ionosfera-M satellites and a cluster of secondary payloads from Pad 1S in Vostochny. The launch was planned for Dec. 5, 2023, but in September 2023, it was pushed back until Dec. 10, 2023, at 02:18 Moscow Time, and to Dec 12, 2023. By November 2023, the mission was postponed until May 21, 2024, but by that time, the mission slipped to Nov. 5, 2024.
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