Launches / Soyuz 2.1a

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Progress MS-30 (91P)

Soyuz 2.1a, flown by Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Soyuz 2.1a lifting off with the Progress MS-30 (91P) mission
Image via The Space Devs.

This was Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)'s 1st launch of 2025, and its 330th in all.

Counting every operator, it was the 41st orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2025, and the first from 31/6.

Launched
Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, 9:24 p.m. UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Rocket
Soyuz 2.1a
Operator
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

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The mission

Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Type
Resupply
Destination
Low Earth orbit
Program
International Space Station

The International Space Station programme is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the sixteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and resupply of the International Space Station. It was conceived in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, during the Space Station Freedom project as it was originally called.

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The rocket

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.

The operator

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.

Sector
Government
Based in
Russia
Founded
1992
Run by
Yuri Borisov, Administrator

343 launches so far, 332 of them successful. The last 67 in a row went to plan.

en.roscosmos.ru → Wikipedia →

The launch site

It went up from 31/6 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

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