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Soyuz 2 (Russian: Союз 2, Union 2) was an uncrewed spacecraft in the Soyuz family intended to be the target of a docking maneuver by the manned Soyuz 3 spacecraft. It was intended to be the first docking of a manned spacecraft in the Soviet space program. Although the two craft approached closely, the docking did not take place and the first successful Soviet docking of manned spacecraft took place in the joint Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 mission.
Moscow Time (Russian: Моско́вское вре́мя) is the time zone for the city of Moscow, Russia, and most of western Russia, including Saint Petersburg. It is the second-westernmost of the eleven time zones of Russia. It has been set to UTC+3 permanently on 26 October 2014; before that date it had been set to UTC+4 year-round since 27 March 2011.
Moscow Time is used to schedule trains, ships, etc. throughout Russia, while airplane travel is scheduled using local time. Times in Russia are often announced throughout the country on radio stations as Moscow Time, and this time is also registered in telegrams, etc. Descriptions of time zones in Russia are often based on Moscow Time rather than UTC. For example, Yakutsk (UTC+9) is said to be MSK+6 within Russia.
In accordance with the 16 June 1930 Decree of the Council of People's Commissars, the Decree Time was introduced by adding one hour to the time in each time zone of the USSR, so that Moscow Time became three hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
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A rocket (Italian rocchetta‚ "little fuse") is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle that obtains thrust from a rocket engine. Rocket engine exhaust is formed entirely from propellant carried within the rocket before use. Rocket engines work by action and reaction and push rockets forward simply by expelling their exhaust in the opposite direction at high speed, and can therefore work in the vacuum of space.
In fact, rockets work more efficiently in space than in an atmosphere. Multi-stage rockets are capable of attaining escape velocity from Earth and therefore can achieve unlimited maximum altitude. Compared with airbreathing engines, rockets are lightweight and powerful and capable of generating large accelerations. To control their flight, rockets rely on momentum, airfoils, auxiliary reaction engines, gimballed thrust, momentum wheels, deflection of the exhaust stream, propellant flow, spin, and/or gravity.
Rockets for military and recreational uses date back to at least 13th century China. Significant scientific, interplanetary and industrial use did not occur until the 20th century, when rocketry was the enabling technology for the Space Age, including setting foot on the moon. Rockets are now used for fireworks, weaponry, ejection seats, launch vehicles for artificial satellites, human spaceflight, and space exploration.
The Vostochny Cosmodrome (Russian: Космодром Восточный Kosmodrom Vostochny "Eastern Spaceport") is a Russian spaceport currently under construction on the 51st parallel north in the Amur Oblast, in the Russian Far East. When completed in 2018, it is intended to reduce Russia's dependency on the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which is located in Kazakhstan. The first launch is expected to take place in April 2016.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has made several statements emphasizing the importance of the new cosmodrome. In August 2010, he said "The creation of a new space center ... is one of modern Russia's biggest and most ambitious projects". In January 2011, he ordered the government to complete the paperwork as soon as possible so that construction can start on schedule.
The general designer of the cosmodrome is Ipromashprom (Mechanical Engineering Project Institute). The main contractor is the Federal Agency for Special Construction.
Construction of the cosmodrome began in January 2011 and, as of 2011, was expected to be completed in 2018.
► Subscribe to GlobalLeaks: http://goo.gl/bY5w6 The Russian space administration has successfully launched a SOyuz 2-1A rocket from their brand new Vostochny Cosmodrome facility in East Russia. The Russians built this facility to remove the need to use the Baikonur facility in Kazakhstan which they are renting. (Video strictly for news/educational purposes). What is GlobalLeaks? Founded before 2012, the GlobalLeaks News Channel has grown into a popular current events and informational platform on YouTube and across the internet. We strive to show people the events left out of the mainstream media. The events, that in many cases are shaping our world. If you'd like to keep up to date be sure to join us and subscribe. --- Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/globalleak --- --- Foll...
In accordance with the timetable for the preparation and launch of rocket Soyuz-2.1b with Meteor-M» № 2 and six small spacecraft from launch complex site 31 Baikonur cosmodrome. Rocket on the launch pad installed. Began work on the first launch day schedule. Space rocket 'Soyuz-2.1b' upper stage 'Fregat' spacecraft Meteor-M» № 2 and six small spacecraft MCA-FCI», SkySat-2, DX1, TechDemoSat-1, UKube-1 , AISSAT-2 is scheduled for launch at 19:58 MSK on July 8th.
Soyuz 2-1v rocket with Mayak satellite launched in Kazakhstan COURTESY: RT's RUPTLY video agency, NO RE-UPLOAD, NO REUSE - FOR LICENSING, PLEASE, CONTACT http://ruptly.tv RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.
Video Credit: Arianespace More Information: http://www.spaceflight101.com/soyuz-vs12-launch-updates.html Alba & Oriana, Galileo satellites FM-5 and FM-6, are on their way into orbit, blasting off atop a Soyuz 2-1B rocket at 2:08 UTC on Friday, racing into the skies over the Guiana Space Center. Headed to a Medium Earth Orbit, the two satellites had a smooth ride on the Soyuz rocket that delivered the satellites and their Fregat upper stage to a sub-orbital trajectory. From there, the Fregat made an initial engine burn that set the vehicle up for a long coast phase ahead of a critical circularization maneuver for spacecraft separation into an orbit over 23,500 Kilometers in altitude three hours and 48 minutes after liftoff.
Video Credit: Roscosmos Additional Information: http://spaceflight101.com/progress-ms/successful-launch-of-first-progress-ms/ A Russian Soyuz 2-1A rocket lifted off from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday at 8:44 UTC carrying the first in an upgraded series of Progress cargo resupply craft to orbit on a mission to the International Space Station. Returning to flight with the Progress spacecraft after April’s failure on the M-27M mission, Soyuz 2-1A provided the Progress MS spacecraft with a smooth ride through separation that was accomplished with no issue, avoiding a repeat failure at this critical moment in the mission.
Inaugurating the new Russian spaceport of Vostochny in the country's Far East, a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket delivered a trio of satellites into the Earth's orbit. The historic liftoff marked the beginning of a gradual shift of Russian space activities from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the Russian territory. The Soyuz-2-1a/Volga rocket, carrying Mikhailo Lomonosov, Aist-2D and SamSat-218 satellites, lifted off under power of four boosters of the first stage and a core booster of the second stage. For the first time in the Russian space program, the vehicle was expected to carry external video cameras, capturing dramatic footage from a vantage point of an ascending rocket. However no images were available live, except from a local TV station. The vehicle headed north and slightly west to...
► Subscribe to GlobalLeaks: http://goo.gl/bY5w6 The Russian Federal Space Agency successfully launched their Resure-P payload earlier today. The resure-P is an advanced remote sensing satellite which can be used for reconnaissance or meteorology purposes. Video: Russian Federal Space Agency (Video strictly for news/educational purposes). What is GlobalLeaks? Founded before 2012, the GlobalLeaks News Channel has grown into a popular current events and informational platform on YouTube and across the internet. We strive to show people the events left out of the mainstream media. The events, that in many cases are shaping our world. If you'd like to keep up to date be sure to join us and subscribe. --- Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/globalleak --- --- Follow us on Facebook: h...
Highlights from the NASA film "The Mission of Apollo Soyuz" featuring the rendezvous and docking of the two vehicles and reflections on the future of international projects.
More daily reality snacks at: http://russia-insider.com Russia’s brand new cosmodrome launches first-ever rocket Soyuz-2.1a successfully launched from Vostochny Source ROSCOSMOS Media Store https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3pBMx4k8pjkNtfjUYuhgjg Vladimir Putin observed the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket from the Vostochny Space Launch Centre. The booster will deliver into orbit three spacecraft – Mikhail Lomonosov, Aist-2D and SamSat-218. The President congratulated Roscosmos, cosmodrome workers and builders on the successful launch of the carrier rocket. “I would like to congratulate you all. We have reason to be proud,” Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with rocket launch team and Roscosmos representatives. “This is definitely a very important and significant step forward in ...
A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch Kanopus-V-IK infrared Earth observation satellite for Roscosmos. Several other payloads, including Russia’s Zond solar research satellite and multiple small spacecraft from U.S. companies, will also be aboard the launch. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration with a Fregat upper stage. Delayed from Dec. 22 and Jan. 28.
A Russian Soyuz 2-1A rocket has successfully placed the unmanned Progress MS-06 cargo spacecraft into orbit. Liftoff took place at 09:20 UTC from Baikonur.
Specifically for its use in Vostochny, the Soyuz-2 rocket was expected to get modest internal upgrades to enable the fueled vehicle to remain on the launch pad for up to 100 hours and to withstand the rigors of transportation of up to 10,000 kilometers. The rocket stages were expected travel by rail for around 6,600 kilometers from their manufacturing plant in Samara in Southern Russia to the Russian Far East. Soyuz rockets built for launches from Vostochny would also be equipped with special valves to drain excess propellant to the outside of the Mobile Service Tower, MBO, to prevent dangerous concentration of oxygen vapors in its interior. Additionally, Vostochny-based Soyuz-2 rockets would carry four TV cameras in hardened cases on the exterior of the rocket. Looking down from the top o...
A Russian Soyuz 2-1A rocket has successfully launched from Baikonur on March 31st 2016 at 16:23 UTC carrying the unmanned Progress MS-2 spacecraft full of cargo. The craft will dock to the International Space Station on Saturday, April 2nd 2016.
A Russian rocket lifted off Sunday with a cluster of five satellites, among them a pair of new-generation spacecraft inaugurating platforms for future scientific and commercial applications. A Soyuz-FG/Fregat rocket blasted off from Site 31 in Baikonur on July 22, 2012, at 10:41:39 Moscow Time, carrying Russian Kanopus-V No. 1 remote-sensing satellite along with a similar BKA spacecraft built for the government of Belarus. As secondary payloads, the mission carried a Russian MKA-FKI science satellite, an exactView satellite for a Canadian company and a TET-1 experimental satellite funded by the German space agency, DLR. According to the Russian space agency, the Fregat upper stage separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle at 10:50 Moscow Time and started its own flight including...
A Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat to launch Kanopus-V-IK satellite and a cluster of 72 secondary payloads from Baikonur into a near-polar orbit. Kanopus-V-IK was delayed from 2013 and 2015 and moved from Rockot in Plesetsk to Soyuz-2-1a in Baikonur. By Sept. 1, 2016, the launch was postponed from October to Dec. 22, 2016. By the beginning of October, the mission was rescheduled from December 22 to December 28, in order to optimize the overall flight manifest, the Interfax reported on October 4. However by the middle of October 2016, the mission slipped from December 2016 to 2017. By March 2017, the mission was re-scheduled to the end of June 2017, but by that time, it was re-scheduled for July 14.
Russia's brand-new Soyuz-2-1v rocket made a successful debut today, lifting off from Pad 4 at Site 43 in Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 16:30 Moscow Time. The rocket is powered by a legendary NK-33 engine originally developed in the 1970s for the giant Soviet Moon rocket, the N1. Although Soyuz-2-1v will carry lighter payloads than those launched on existing rockets in the Soyuz family, the new vehicle paves the way to the development of much more powerful launchers, such as Soyuz-2-3, Soyuz-3 and Soyuz-2-3v. The first Soyuz-2-1v vehicle was carrying an experimental version of the Aist satellite and a pair of SKRL-756 radar-calibration spheres, which were released from a special adapter mounted on the Volga upper stage after it had entered a near-polar orbit. During the past week, the launch was p...
An imaging satellite and 72 micro-satellites were launched into orbit Friday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Russian space agency Roscosmos and research centre Glavcosmos announced. READ MORE: http://www.nowtheendbegins.com
From the State Plesetsk Test Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk Region, the Space Forces of the Russian Space Forces conducted a launch of a Soyuz-2 medium-range rocket with a space vehicle in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry. Two minutes after the launch, the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle was taken for escorted by the ground-based automated control system of the Main Test Space Center named after German Titov. After launching into orbit, the spacecraft was assigned the serial number 'Kosmos-2518'. This is the first launch of the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle, conducted in 2017 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. The previous launch of the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle from the northern launch site was successfully carried out on May 29, 2016.
I sat and stared at the sky.
I knew I'd find myself there again.
I wonder how else to cope with the air.
The air that brings me this luck.
I'm unlucky, that's just me
Seems what used to be has changed.
And I feel it coming again
I feel it coming with the wind
I feel it coming again
I feel it breaking with the wind
And I know, I won't feel it again if I just played along.
"Stupid games are for stupid people" and they end just like a song.
A song with no beginning, a song that has no meaning.
Just like this one, just like this one...
I sat and stared at the sky.
I knew I'd find myself there again.
I wonder how else to cope with the air.
And I feel it coming again
I feel it coming with the wind
I feel it coming again
I feel it breaking with the wind
And I know, I won't feel it again if I just played along.
"Stupid games are for stupid people" and they end just like a song.
A song with no beginning, a song that has no meaning.