Soyuz Milestones
2022
March

March 4, 2022 March 4, 2022

Suspension of Soyuz launches operated by Arianespace & Starsem

After having successfully conducted 27 launches from Europe’s Spaceport (CSG, French Guiana) and 37 launches from Baikonur (Kazakhstan) through Starsem, Arianespace is strictly abiding by the sanctions decided by the international community (European Union, United States of America and United Kingdom) following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. As part of the mandate given by the ESA Member States to Arianespace, the operation of the Soyuz launcher are governed by France/Russia inter-governmental agreement and ESA – Roscosmos space agencies agreement. This operation is now suspended by Roscosmos’ unilateral decision to withdraw from CSG and suspend all Soyuz launches from Europe’s Spaceport.

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2021
September

September 14, 2021 September 14, 2021

1,000+ spacecraft launched

Arianespace surpasses the 1,000-mark in satellites launched with its 10th mission at the service of OneWeb. Lifting off from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Flight ST35, the medium-lift Soyuz vehicle delivered 34 more spacecraft to orbit for this global operator – bringing Arianespace’s all-time total to 1,021.

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March

March 25, 2021 March 25, 2021

Arianespace orbits its 800th spacecraft

With the successful launch of 36 more constellation satellites for OneWeb, Arianespace surpasses the 800-mark in the total number of spacecraft orbited since its creation. Performed from Vostochny Cosmodrome with the company’s Starsem affiliate, this mission utilized a Soyuz 2-1b launcher version.

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2020
December

December 18, 2020 December 18, 2020

An on-target debut from Vostochny

Arianespace successfully performs its initial launch from Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome – delivering 36 additional OneWeb constellation satellites to low-Earth orbit using a medium-lift Soyuz. This joint mission with the company’s Starsem affiliate raised the number of in-orbit OneWeb spacecraft from 74 to 110. It also was the first ever commercial flight from Vostochny Cosmodrome.

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