Soyuz

Soyuz-5 is under development and is designed to use infrastructure originally built for the Zenit.

OneWeb began using its spectrum after the launch of its first six satellites on 2019-02-27 from French Guiana on a Soyuz rocket.

Arianespace arranged all three of OneWeb’s launches and was under contract to provide 21 Soyuz launches and to carry a batch of 30 OneWeb satellites on the maiden launch of Ariane 6.

Exolaunch has provided Exopod deployers for cubesats launched on Rocket Lab Electron and Arianespace Soyuz rockets.

OneWeb brought its primary Ku- and Ka-band spectrum into use with the International Telecommunication Union and passed the ITU’s 10% milestone after launching 34 satellites on an Arianespace Soyuz days before filing for bankruptcy.

A Soyuz launch occurred on 2020-04-09 carrying Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner and American astronaut Chris Cassidy to the International Space Station.

Arianespace uses Russian-built Soyuz-2 rockets for satellite launches.

Soyuz-2 rockets launch from four spaceports: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Vostochny Cosmodrome, and the Guiana Space Center.

Arianespace completed three of a planned 21 Soyuz launches for OneWeb under a $1,100,000,000 contract.

Samara Space Center has a state contract to build and launch the first Soyuz-5, with completion targeted by the end of 2022.

Samara Space Center continues to test and maintain already built Soyuz-2 rockets as critical activities.

Samara Space Center has 52 Soyuz rockets already built, including 40 in storage and 12 at spaceports awaiting missions.

Russia uses Soyuz-2 rockets to launch crews and cargo to the International Space Station and to deploy government satellites.

Soyuz MS-16 performed a four-orbit approach and was scheduled to dock with the International Space Station at approximately 10:15 a.m. Eastern on 2020-04-09.

A Soyuz-2.1a rocket launched the Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 2020-04-09.

OneWeb signed a $1,100,000,000 contract with Arianespace in 2015 for 21 Soyuz launches.

The four Cluster satellites that study Earth’s magnetosphere were launched by two Soyuz rockets in 2000.

Three of OneWeb’s planned missions for 2020—two Soyuz launches and the maiden Ariane 6 flight—are planned from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.