Vostochny Cosmodrome Site 1S

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Vostochny Cosmodrome Site 1S
Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle carrying spacecraft Mikhail Lomonosov at the launch pad at Vostochny Launch Centre 2.jpg
Soyuz-2.1a at site 1S on 27 April 2016
Launch siteVostochny Cosmodrome
Coordinates51°52′58″N 128°19′58″E / 51.88278°N 128.33278°E / 51.88278; 128.33278Coordinates: 51°52′58″N 128°19′58″E / 51.88278°N 128.33278°E / 51.88278; 128.33278
OperatorRoscosmos
Launch pad(s)One
Launch history
StatusActive
Launches10
First launch28 April 2016
Soyuz-2.1a / Volga
Mikhailo Lomonosov
Last launch1 July 2021
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
OneWeb 7 × 36 satellites
Associated
rockets
Soyuz-2 (active)

Site 1S is a launch complex at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia. It consists of a single pad for use by the Soyuz-2 launch vehicles.[1]

On 28 April 2016, the first launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome took place from this pad.[2] The third launch took place on 1 February 2018. The Meteor M2-2 mission, the fifth launch from this site, took place 5 July 2019.[3] Since December 2020, Arianespace uses this site to launch OneWeb satellites, with 5 batches launched as for 2 July 2021.[4][5]

Launch history[]

No. Date/Time
(UTC)
Type Serial-no. Payload Orbit Outcome
1 28-04-2016
02:01
Soyuz-2.1a / Volga R15000-001 MVL-300
Aist-2D
SamSat 218
LEO Success
2 28-11-2017
05:41
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M N15000-001 Meteor-M No.2-1
Baumanets 2
LEO Vantage 2
IDEA-OSG 1
AISSat-3
Corvus-BC 3
Lemur-2 × 10
D-Star One
SEAM
LEO Failure
3 01-02-2018
02:07
Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M N15000-002 No.3
No.4
S-Net 1-4
Lemur-2 × 4
D-Star One v1.1 Phoenix
LEO Success
4 27-12-2018
02:07
Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat-M Ya15000-003 No.5
No.6
GRUS-1
ZACube-2
Lume-1
Lemur-2 × 8
D-Star One iSat
D-Star One Sparrow
UWE-4
Flock-3k × 12
LEO Success
5 05-07-2019
05:41
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M Ya15000-002 Meteor-M 2-2
EXOCONNECT
El Camino Real
Move-IIb
SSO Success
6 18-12-2020
12:26
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat V15000-004 OneWeb × 36 LEO Success
7 25-03-2021
02:47
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat V15000-005 OneWeb × 36 LEO Success
8 25-04-2021
22:14
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat V15000-006 OneWeb × 36 LEO Success
9 28-05-2021
17:38
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat V15000-007 OneWeb × 36 LEO Success
10 01-07-2021
12:48
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat Kh15000-008 OneWeb × 36 LEO Success

References[]

  1. ^ Zak, Anatoly (4 November 2012). "Soyuz-2 launch complex in Vostochny". RussianSpaceWeb.com. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. ^ Zak, Anatoly (30 May 2016). "Soyuz historic first mission from Vostochny". RussianSpaceWeb.com. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Soyuz launches fresh Meteor weather satellite plus 32 small satellites". RussianSpaceWeb.com. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  4. ^ "OneWeb resumes deployment of 650-satellite broadband network". Spaceflight Now. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Flight ST33: Arianespace successfully deploys 36 OneWeb constellation satellites" (Press release). Arianespace. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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