december, 2018

20dec04:52Soyuz FG • Soyuz MS-11Crewed Expedition Flight to ISS

Event Details

Launch Date: December 20, 2018
Launch Window: 04:52 UTC
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz FG
Launch Operator: Roscosmos
Launch Site: Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Payload: Soyuz MS-11 (No. 741)
Spacecraft Manufacturer: RSC Energia
Crew: Oleg Kononenko (Roscosmos, CDR)
David Saint-Jacques (CSA, FE)
Anne McClain (NASA, FE)
Rendezvous & Docking: December 15, 2018

 

A Russian Soyuz FG rocket will launch the crewed Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft into orbit for a same-day rendezvous with the International Space Station to bring the Expedition 58/59 crew to their orbital home and workplace for a half-year mission. Carrying an international crew trio from the U.S., Russia and Canada, the trusted Soyuz FG rocket will operate for nine minutes to deliver the spacecraft into a 200-Kilometer orbit from where it will maneuver up into the Station’s orbit of 400 Kilometers for a fully automated link-up. The 7,200-Kilogram Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft will remain docked to the Rassvet Module throughout the crew’s stay on ISS to act as life boat and return them to Earth at the end of their flight via parachute-assisted landing in Kazakhstan.

 

Mission Resources:

? Launch Vehicle Overview: Soyuz FG

? Payload Overview: Soyuz MS Series

? International Space Station Section

Countdown Timeline

Launch Weather

? Launch Site Schedule

Time

(Thursday) 04:52 UTC

Location

Baikonur Site 1/5

Baikonur Cosmodrome

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