NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Soyuz MS-16

Launch Time
Thu Apr 09, 2020 08:05 UTC

400th launch from Site 31/6 (including suborbital flights). First crewed flight of Soyuz 2.1a.

Rocket

Soyuz 2.1a
Image Credit: Roscosmos
Roscosmos
Status: Active
Price: $17.42 million
Liftoff Thrust: 4,550 kN
Payload to LEO: 7,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 51.38 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.11 m
Fairing Height: 15.59 m

Mission Details

Soyuz MS-16

Soyuz MS-16 is a crewed mission to the International Space Station.
The Soyuz MS will be crewed by Anatoli Ivanishin (Roscosmos), Ivan Vagner (Roscosmos) and Christopher Cassidy (NASA).
The replacement crew is flying on MS-16 to replace the original crew, because cosmonaut Nikolai Tikhonov who was to fly on MS-16 was injured.
Christopher Cassidy can be replaced by Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA).

It will be the 168th flight of Soyuz.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 7,080.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

2020

25th orbital launch attempt

Soyuz 2.1a

45th mission
2nd mission of 2020
43rd successful mission
23rd consecutive successful mission