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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)Launch FailureHuman ExplorationSoyuz-FG
Launched 2018-10-11 08:40:15 UTC1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
An anomaly occurred during flight resulting in loss of vehicle, both crew members returned to Earth safely following a nominal ballistic abort.
From Launch Library 2 · updated
Launch failure
Target: Low Earth Orbit
Soyuz FG lifted off with Soyuz MS-10, but the launch failed.
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No cause has been given yet. What Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
Soyuz MS-10 was expected to begin expedition 57 by carrying Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague to the International Space Station. However a launch failure occurred resulting in a loss of vehicle during flight, both crew members returned to Earth nominally.
Launch Provider
Government · Russia · Founded 1992 · Administrator Yuri Borisov
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.
Launches
344
Successful
333
97%
Upcoming
4
scheduled
Height
49.5m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
6,450kg
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