Soyuz

NASA had targeted the Crew-2 launch for as soon as late 2021-03-01 but scheduling OFT-2 for 2021-03-29 could move Crew-2 later in the spring to avoid conflicts with OFT-2 and a Soyuz mission planned for 2021-04-01.

After first and second stage integration, the Soyuz will receive its centerline third stage, enabling rollout to the ELS launch pad near Sinnamary where it will be raised to the vertical position to receive the Fregat upper stage and the payload.

Soyuz is operated side-by-side at the Spaceport with Arianespace's Ariane 5 and Vega launch vehicles.

This Soyuz vehicle will be used for the 25th Spaceport mission with Soyuz since the launcher's introduction at the equatorial base in 2011.

Vega is the new-generation, highly versatile member of Arianespace’s launcher family alongside the heavy-lift Ariane 5 and medium-lift Soyuz, deployed from the Guiana Space Center.

OneWeb emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy prior to the planned 2020-12-17 Soyuz launch from Vostochny.

Soyuz Flight VS24 lifted off from the Guiana Space Center at 10:33 p.m. local time on 2020-12-01 (01:33 UTC on 2020-12-01).

Arianespace performed two previous Soyuz launches in 2020 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in February and March.

Two additional Soyuz launches were planned before the end of 2020: Flight ST29 from Vostochny for OneWeb and Flight VS25 from the Guiana Space Center.

Arianespace will launch a set of OneWeb satellites on a Soyuz from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on 2020-12-17.

An Arianespace Soyuz ST-A rocket launched the Falcon Eye 2 reconnaissance satellite for the United Arab Emirates on 2020-12-01.

Astroscale’s ELSA-d mission will launch on a Soyuz rocket operated by GK Launch Services from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan in March 2021.

On 2020-11-11, Axelspace planned to send four satellites into sun-synchronous orbit in March on a Soyuz-2 rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

OneWeb anticipates completing its initial 650-satellite constellation in 2022 using 16 Soyuz launches it has under contract with Arianespace.

The 36 satellites will launch on a Soyuz rocket in December under a revised launch contract with Arianespace announced in September.

Astroscale plans to launch the End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) mission in March 2021 on a Soyuz rocket operated by GK Launch Services from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

Astroscale’s ELSA-d mission will launch on a Soyuz rocket operated by GK Launch Services from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan in March 2021.

Astroscale will launch the ELSA-d mission on a Soyuz rocket operated by GK Launch Services from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, in March 2021.

OneWeb plans to resume launches in December 2020 after placing launches on hold following a pair of Soyuz launches in February and March 2020.