Russian space program in 2023
On January 30, the head of RKTs Progress Dmitry Baranov was quoted by the official TASS news agency as promising "around 20" launches of Soyuz rockets during 2023. With two or three Proton launches and couple of Angara missions, Russia could make more than two dozen orbital launch attempts during the year. According to the Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov, Russia operated 192 satellites as of April 12, 2023. The Russian space budget was reported to be 251 billion rubles in 2023.
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The world's orbital launch attempts in 2023 (as of
May 31, 2023
):
1 |
USA |
Jan. 3 |
9:56 a.m. EST |
Transporter-6 (114 satellites) |
Application |
Falcon-9 (B1060) |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
2 |
China |
Jan. 9 |
06:00 Beijing Time |
Shi Jian-23 |
Application / communications |
Chang Zheng-7A (Y4) |
Wenchang |
- |
- |
Success |
3 |
China |
Jan. 9 |
13:04 Beijing Time |
Xiameng Keji-1, Tianqi-13, Tianmu-1-01, Tianmu-1-02, Nantong Zhongxue |
- |
Gushenxing-1 (Y5) |
Jiuquan |
- |
- |
Success |
4 |
USA |
Jan. 9 |
22:01 UTC |
9 satellites (Start Me Up payload): Amber-1 (IOD-Amber, IOD-3), AMAN, CIRCE-1, CIRCE-2, Dover, ForgeStar-0, Prometheus-2A, Prometheus-2B, STORK-6 |
- |
LauncherOne |
Newquay |
|
Air-launched |
Failure |
5 |
USA |
Jan. 9 |
11:50:17 p.m. EST |
|
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 (B1076) |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
6 |
USA |
Jan. 11 |
14:27 AKST |
VariSat-1A, VariSat-1B |
- |
RS1 |
Kodiak |
LP-3C |
C |
Failure |
7 |
China |
Jan. 13 |
02:10 Beijing Time |
APStar-6E, |
Application / communications |
Chang Zheng-2C (Y61) |
Xichang |
- |
- |
Success |
8 |
China |
Jan. 13 |
15:00 Beijing Time |
Yaogan-37, Shiyan-22A, Shiyan-22B |
- |
Chang Zheng-2D |
Jiuquan |
- |
- |
Success |
9 |
China |
Jan. 15 |
11:14 Beijing Time |
Qilu-2, Qilu-3, Jinzijing-3, Jinzijing-4, Jinzijing-6, Beiyou-1, Luojia-3 01 (Yantai-1), Tianzhi-2D (Rizhao-3), Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D34, Jilin-1 Mofang 02A03, Jilin-1 Mofang 02A04, Jilin-1 Mofang 02A07 (Huashui-1), Jilin-1 Hongwai 02A03 (Aofuman), Jilin-1 Hongwai 02A04 (Haihe-1) |
- |
Chang Zheng-2D |
Taiyuan |
- |
- |
- |
10 |
USA |
Jan. 15 |
5:56 p.m. EST |
USSF-67: USA-342 (CBAS-2), LDPE-3A |
Military |
Falcon Heavy (F5) |
Cape Canaveral |
39A |
A |
Success |
11 |
USA |
Jan. 18 |
7:24 a.m. Eastern Time |
GPS-3-SV06 (Navstar-79, Amelia Earhart) |
Dual use / navigation |
Falcon-9 ( B1077) |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
12 |
USA |
Jan. 19 |
7:43:10 a.m. Pacific Time |
Starlink-2-4 (51 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 (B1075) |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
13 |
USA |
Jan. 24 |
6 p.m. EST |
HawkEye-360 (3 satellites) |
Application |
Electron |
Wallops |
LC-2 (Pad 0C) |
2 |
Success |
14 |
Japan |
Jan. 26 |
10:50 Japan Standard Time |
IGS Radar-7 |
Military / reconnaissance |
H-2A-202 (F46) |
Tanegashima |
- |
- |
Success |
15 |
USA |
Jan. 26 |
4:32:20 a.m. EST |
Starlink-5-2 (56 satellites) |
Application/ Internet |
Falcon-9 v1.2 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
16 |
USA |
Jan. 31 |
8:15:00 Pacific Time |
Starlink-2-6 (49 satellites), D-Orbit ION SCV009 Eclectic Elena |
Application/ Internet |
Falcon-9 (B1071.7) |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
17 |
USA |
Feb. 2 |
2:58 a.m. EST |
Starlink-5-3 (53 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 (B1069) |
Cape Canaveral |
LC-39A |
A |
Success |
18 |
|
Feb. 5 |
12:12:51.993 Moscow Time |
|
|
|
|
|
Pad 24 |
Success |
19 |
USA |
Feb. 6 |
8:32 p.m. EST |
Amazonas Nexus |
Application / communications |
Falcon-9 (B1073-6) |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
20 |
|
Feb. 9 |
09:15:36.381 Moscow Time |
|
Cargo supply |
|
|
|
6 |
Success |
21 |
India |
Feb. 10 |
09:18 India Standard Time |
EOS-07, Janus-1, AzaadiSat-2 |
Application / remote sensing |
SSLV-D2 |
Sriharikota |
- |
- |
Success |
22 |
USA |
Feb. 12 |
12:10:10 a.m. EST |
Starlink-5-4 (55 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 (B1062) |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
23 |
USA |
Feb. 17 |
11:12:20 a.m. Pacific Time |
Starlink-2-5 (51 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 (B1063) |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
24 |
USA |
Feb. 17 |
10:59 p.m. EST |
Inmarsat I-6 F2 |
Application / communications |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
25 |
China |
Feb. 23 |
19:49 Beijing Time |
Zhongxing-26 |
Communications |
Chang Zheng-3B |
Xichang |
- |
- |
Success |
26 |
|
Feb. 24 |
03:24:29.466 Moscow Time |
|
Unpiloted |
|
|
|
6 |
Success |
27 |
China |
Feb. 24 |
12:01 Beijing Time |
Horus-1 |
Remote sensing |
Chang Zheng-2C |
Jiuquan |
- |
- |
Success |
28 |
USA |
Feb. 27 |
6:13 p.m. EST |
Starlink-6-1 (21 v2-Mini satellites) |
Application / Internet |
|
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
29 |
USA |
March 2 |
12:34:14 a.m. EST |
Crew Dragon, USCV-6 |
Piloted |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral, KSC |
LC-39A |
A |
Success |
30 |
USA |
March 3 |
11:31 a.m. Pacific Time |
Starlink-2-7 (51 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 (B1061-12) |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
31 |
Japan |
March 7 |
10:37:55.000 Japan Standard Time |
Daichi-3 (Advanced Land Observing Satellite, ALOS-3) |
Application / remote sensing |
H-3 22S (TF1) |
Tanegashima |
- |
- |
Failure |
32 |
USA |
March 9 |
2:13 p.m. EST |
|
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 (B1062) |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
33 |
China |
March 10 |
06:41 Beijing Time |
Tianhui-6A, Tianhui-6B |
Observation |
Chang Zheng-4C |
Taiyuan |
9 |
- |
Success |
34 |
|
March 13 |
02:12:59.981 Moscow Time |
|
Electronic intelligence |
|
|
|
39 |
Success |
35 |
China |
March 13 |
12:02 Beijing Time |
Horus-2 |
Remote-sensing |
Chang Zheng-4C |
Jiuquan |
- |
- |
Success |
36 |
USA |
March 14 |
8:30 p.m. EDT |
Cargo Dragon CRS-27 |
Space station / cargo supply |
Falcon-9 (B1073.7) |
Cape Canaveral/KSC |
LC-39A |
- |
Success |
37 |
China |
March 15 |
19:41 Beijing Time |
Shiyan-19 |
- |
Chang Zheng-11 (Y11) |
Jiuquan |
43/95A |
- |
Success |
38 |
USA |
March 16 |
6:38:59 p.m. EDT |
Capella-9, Capella-10 |
Application / remote sensing |
Electron |
Wallops |
LC-2 |
- |
Success |
39 |
China |
March 17 |
16:33 Beijing Time |
Gaofen-13 (02) |
Imaging |
Chang Zheng-3B |
Xichang |
- |
- |
Success |
40 |
USA |
March 17 |
12:26 p.m. Pacific Time |
Starlink-2-8 (52 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
41 |
USA |
March 17 |
7:38 p.m. EDT |
SES-18, SES-19 |
Application / communications |
Falcon-9 (B1069.6) |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
42 |
China |
March 22 |
17:09 Beijing Time |
Tianmu-1-03, -04, -05, -06 |
Weather forcasting |
Kuaizhou-1A |
Jiuquan |
- |
- |
Success |
43 |
USA |
March 22 |
11:25 p.m. EDT |
Good Luck Have Fun 3D print |
Experimental |
Terran-1 |
Cape Canaveral |
LC-16 |
- |
Failure |
44 |
|
March 23 |
09:40 Moscow Time |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Success |
45 |
USA |
March 24 |
20:45 New Zealand Daylight Time |
Black Sky Global-19, Black Sky Global-5 |
Application / remote sensing |
Electron-KS (F35) |
Mahia |
LC-1B |
B |
Success |
46 |
USA |
March 24 |
11:43:10 a.m. EDT |
Starlink-5-5 (56 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 (B1067) |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
47 |
India |
March 26 |
9:00:20 a.m. India Standard Time |
OneWeb (36 satellites: 581-616) |
Application / Internet |
GSLV Mk-3 (LVM3-M3) |
Sriharikota |
SLP |
2 |
Success |
48 |
Israel |
March 29 |
02:10 Israel Standard Time |
Ofeq-13 |
Military / reconnaissance |
Shavit-2 |
Palmachim |
- |
- |
Success |
49 |
USA |
March 29 |
- |
Starlink-5-10 |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 (B1077) |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
50 |
|
March 29 |
22:57:02 Moscow Time |
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
Success |
51 |
China |
March 30 |
18:50 Beijing Time |
Hongtu-1 (4 satellites) |
Radar observation |
Chang Zheng-2D |
Taiyuan |
- |
- |
Success |
52 |
China |
March 31 |
14:27 Beijing Time |
Yaogan-34-04 |
Military / reconnaissance |
Chang Zheng-4C (Y49) |
Jiuquan |
- |
- |
Success |
53 |
China |
April 2 |
16:48 Beijing Time |
Jinta |
Experimental |
Tianlong-2 |
Jiuquan |
- |
- |
Success |
54 |
USA |
April 2 |
7:29 a.m. Pacific Time |
Tranche-0 (10 satellites) |
Military |
Falcon-9 (B1075) |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
55 |
China |
April 7 |
12:00 Beijing Time |
- |
Experimental |
Shyang Quxian-1 Y3 (SQX-1) |
Jiuquan |
43/95A |
- |
Success |
56 |
USA |
April 7 |
12:30 a.m. EDT |
Intelsat-40E |
Application / communications |
Falcon-9 (B1076) |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
57 |
Europe |
April 14 |
9:14 a.m. French Guiana time |
JUICE |
Planetary / Jupiter system |
Ariane-5 ECA+ (VA260) |
|
|
- |
Success |
58 |
USA |
April 14 |
11:47 p.m. Pacific |
Transporter-7 (51 satellites: Alba Cluster 7 (Istanbul, MRC-100, ROM-2), BRO-9, Brokkr-1, Bronco Space, CACI Demosat, CIRBE (ELaNa-47), Connecta-T2.1, D-Orbit ION (Kepler (x2)), DEWA SAT-2?, FACSAT-2, GHGSat-C6, GHGSat-C7, GHGSat-C8, GHOSt (x2), Hawk-7A, Hawk-7B, Hawk-7C, IMECE, InspireSat-7, Lynk Tower-5, Lynk Tower-6, Lynk Tower-7, Lynk Tower-8, Lynk Tower-9, Lynk Tower-10, NORSAT-TD, OMNI-LER1, RoseyCubesat-1, Sapling-2, Sateliot-0, Spire Global, TAIFA-1, Tomorrow-R1, Umbra-SAR 06?, Vigoride VR-6 [DISCO-1, IRIS-C, LLITED-A (ELaNa 40), LLITED-B (ELaNa 40), REVELA, VIREO, hosted payload: SMPOD03, TASSA], Wyvern-1) |
Application |
Falcon-9 (B1063) |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
59 |
China |
April 16 |
09:36:29 Beijing Time |
Fengyun-3-07 |
Application / remote sensing |
Chang Zheng-4B (Y51) |
Jiuquan |
43/94 |
- |
Success |
60 |
USA |
April 19 |
10:31:10 a.m. EDT |
Starlink-6-2 Gen 2 (21 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 (B1073) |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
61 |
USA |
April 21 |
08:33 Central Time |
- |
Experimental |
Starship |
Boca Chica |
- |
- |
Failure |
62 |
India |
April 22 |
14:19 India Standard Time |
TeLEOS-02, Lumilite-4, POEM-2 |
Application / remote sensing |
PSLV-C55 |
Sriharikota |
FLP |
- |
Success |
63 |
USA |
April 27 |
6:40:50 a.m. Pacific Time |
Starlink-3-5 (46 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 (B1061) |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
64 |
USA |
April 28 |
6:16 p.m. EDT |
O3b mPower (2 satellites) |
Applicaiton / Internet |
Falcon-9 (B1978) |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
65 |
USA |
April 30 |
8:26 p.m. EDT |
ViaSat-3 Americas, Arcturus (Aurora-4A), G-Space-1 (GS-1 Nusantara H-1A) |
Application / communications |
Falcon Heavy |
Cape Canaveral, KSC |
LC-39A |
A |
Success |
66 |
USA |
May 4 |
3:31 a.m. EDT |
Starlink-5-6 (56 satellites) |
Applications / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
67 |
USA |
May 8 |
13:00 New Zealand Time |
TROPICS |
Application / remote sensing |
Electron |
Mahia |
LC-1B |
B |
Success |
68 |
China |
May 10 |
21:22:44 Beijing Time |
Tianzhou-6 |
Cargo delivery |
Chang Zheng-7 (Y7) |
Wenchang |
201 |
- |
Success |
69 |
USA |
May 10 |
1:09 p.m. Pacific Time |
Starlink-2-9 (51 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 (B1075) |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
70 |
USA |
May 14 |
01:03:50 EDT |
Starlink-5-9 |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 (B1067) |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
71 |
China |
May 17 |
10:49 Beijing Time |
Beidou-3 G4 |
Military / navigation |
Chang Zheng-3B |
Xichang |
- |
- |
Success |
72 |
USA |
May 19 |
2:19:30 a.m. EDT |
Starlink-6-3 (22 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 (B1076) |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
73 |
USA |
May 20 |
6:16:33 a.m. Pacific Time |
Iridium (5 satellites), OneWeb-19 (15 satellites), JoeySat |
Application / communications, Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
74 |
China |
May 21 |
16:00 Beijing Time |
Macau Science Satellite-1A, -1B, Luojia-2 (01) |
- |
Chang Zheng-2C |
Jiuquan |
- |
- |
Success |
75 |
USA |
May 21 |
5:37:09 p.m. EDT |
Dragon Axiom-2 |
Piloted |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
LC-39A |
A |
Success |
76 |
|
May 24 |
15:56:07.463 Moscow Time |
|
Cargo supply |
|
|
|
6 |
Success |
77 |
South Korea |
May 25 |
18:24 Korean Standard Time |
NEXTSat-2, seven cubesats |
Application / remote sensing |
|
Naro |
- |
- |
Success |
78 |
USA |
May 26 |
15:46 New Zealand time |
TROPICS |
Application / remote sensing |
Electron |
Mahia |
LC-1 |
- |
Success |
79 |
|
May 27 |
00:14:51.123 Moscow Time |
|
|
|
|
|
- |
Success |
80 |
USA |
May 27 |
12:30 a.m. EDT |
Arabsat-7B (Badr-8) |
Applications / communications |
Falcon-9 |
Cape Canaveral |
SLC-40 |
- |
Success |
81 |
India |
May 29 |
10:42 Iindia Standard Time |
NVS-01 |
Application / navigation |
GSLV-F12 |
Sriharikota |
- |
- |
Success |
82 |
China |
May 30 |
09:31 Beijing Time |
Shenzhou-16 |
Piloted |
Chang Zheng-2F (Y16) |
Jiuquan |
- |
- |
Success |
83 |
North Korea |
May 31 |
06:27 North Korean Time |
Manligyeong-1 |
Military / reconnaissance |
Cheonlima-1 |
Sohae |
- |
- |
Failure |
84 |
USA |
May 30 |
11:02:30 p.m. Pacific Time |
Starlink-2-10 (52 satellites) |
Application / Internet |
Falcon-9 |
Vandenberg |
SLC-4E |
E |
Success |
The 2023 space launch score card (as of
May 31, 2023
):
Falcon-9:
34 |
Chang Zheng-7:
2 |
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SSLV:
1 |
H-2A:
1 |
Shavit-2:
1 |
Ariane-5:
1 |
|
Cheonlima-1:
1* |
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LauncherOne:
1* |
Gushenxing-1:
1 |
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GSLV Mk-3:
1 |
H-3:
1* |
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RS1:
1* |
Chang Zheng-2C:
4 |
|
PSLV:
1 |
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Falcon Heavy:
2 |
Chang Zheng-2D:
3 |
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GSLV Mk-2:
1 |
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Electron:
5 |
Chang Zheng-3B:
3 |
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Terran-1:
1* |
Chang Zheng-4C:
2 |
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Starship:
1* |
Chang Zheng-11:
1 |
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Kuaizhou-1A:
1 |
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Tianlong-2:
1 |
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Shyang Quxian-1:
1 |
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Chang Zheng-4B:
1 |
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Chang Zheng-2F:
1 |
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USA failed:
4 |
China failed:
0 |
Russia failed:
0 |
India failed:
0 |
Japan failed:
1 |
Israel failed:
0 |
Europe failed:
0
|
South Korea failed:
0 |
North Korea failed:
1 |
World failed:
6 |
|
Cape Canaveral:
26 |
Wenchang:
2 |
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Sriharikota:
4 |
Tanegashima:
2 |
Palmachim:
1 |
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Naro:
1 |
Sohae:
1 |
World sites:
20 |
Newquay:
1 |
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Kodiak:
1 |
Xichang:
4 |
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Vandenberg:
11 |
Taiyuan:
3 |
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Wallops:
2 |
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Mahia:
3 |
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Boca Chica:
1
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Planned Russian space launches in 2023:
June 27, 03:06:46 Moscow Time: A Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat rocket to launch a Meteor-M No. 2-3 meteorological satellite and a cluster of secondary payloads from Pad 1S in Vostochny. (As of March 10, 2023, the launch was postponed from May 25, 2023, at 20:34 Moscow Time). Meteor-M No. 2-3 was reported delivered to Vostochny on May 6, 2023.
August: A Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat rocket to launch the Luna-25 (Luna-Glob) lander to the Moon from Pad 1S in Vostochny.
August 23: A Soyuz-2 rocket to launch Progress MS-24 from Baikonur to the International Space Station, ISS.
September 15: A Soyuz-2-1a rocket to launch the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft (No. 755) with a crew of three from Baikonur to the International Space Station, ISS. One of its three crew members was expected to be a guest cosmonaut from Belarus, who would return to Earth with the crew of Soyuz MS-23 after a short visit to the station. His return seat aboard Soyuz MS-24 in early 2024 would be occupied by one member of the original Soyuz MS-23 crew. According to Roskosmos, on June 14, 2022, National Academy of Belarus submitted 29 candidates to Roskosmos for the guest-cosmonaut selection after screening more than 100 applicants. Two finalists expected to be females serving as a primary candidate and a backup. They were scheduled to be selected early in 2023.
By January 2023, Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, originally slated to launch aboard Soyuz MS-23, were re-assigned to the Soyuz MS-24 mission, due to the need to use their spacecraft as a replacement vehicle for Soyuz MS-22, which was damaged by a coolant leak in December 2022. In turn, the flight of a guest cosmonaut from Belarus was shifted to the follow-on Soyuz mission in 2024. A US astronaut Loral O'Hara joined Kononenko and Chub on the Soyuz MS-24 crew.
On Feb. 1, 2023, Roskosmos announced that two Soyuz-2-1a rockets for launching Progress MS-23 and Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft had been shipped from the manufacturing site at RKTs Progress in Samara to the Baikonur launch site.
In early March 2023, plans surfaced to advance the launch of Soyuz MS-24 from September 15 to June 7, 2023, probably in order to provide an earlier landing of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft, which could be affected by an issue that caused coolant leaks aboard Soyuz MS-22 and Progress MS-21 transport ships.
On March 11, Sergei Krikalev, Head of Piloted Space Flight at Roskosmos, confirmed to the Interfax news agency, that an earlier launch for the Soyuz MS-24 had been under consideration among several other scenarios. However, the meeting of the State Commission on March 24, 2023, kept the schedule as is for the time being, possibly because it would be impossible to sustain future crew rotations aboard the ISS with earlier launches.
The first phase of preparation for the Soyuz MS-24 mission started in the processing building at Site 254 on March 17, 2023, with a visual inspection, initial measurements and the connection of the ship to test equipment, RKK Energia said. By March 24, specialists completed autonomous tests of Soyuz' avionics and Kazbek cosmonauts seats on ground-based stands.
In the last week of March 2023, specialists from RKK Energia powered up the onboard computer system, TV and radio equipment aboard Soyuz MS-24 and tested the pressurization of the ship's Thermal Control System, SOTR, (INSIDER CONTENT). The testing of the spacecraft in the anechoic chamber, BEK, at Site 254 was performed on April 14. On April 29, engineers powered up the ship's onboard systems to perform the simulation of launch readiness and integrated tests during various flight modes. The spacecraft was then mothballed at the work site until the start of its active launch campaign, Roskosmos said, indicating that the earlier launch of the Soyuz MS-24 had been ruled out for the time being.
On May 6, Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub were reported conducting final fit checks of Sokol KV-2 safety suits and Kazbek-UM seats at NPP Zvezda enterprise.
December 1: A Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat rocket to launch a Meteor-M No. 2-4 meteorological satellite and a cluster of secondary payloads from Pad 1S in Vostochny.
December 1: A Soyuz rocket to launch Progress MS-25 from Baikonur toward the International Space Station, ISS. The spacecraft was shipped from its assembly plant in Korolev to Baikonur on Jan. 20, 2023. A pair of Soyuz-2-1a rockets for the launches of Progress vehicles were shipped from RKTs Progress to Baikonur around May 22, 2023.
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