LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Fri Mar 18 2016

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Soyuz TMA-20M

Launch Successful

Launch Time

(9:26 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(9:26 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(9:26 PM UTC)

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Soyuz FG

The Soyuz FG rocket is an expendable launch vehicle most commonly known for carrying humans to the International Space Station today.

Type: Human Exploration
Soyuz TMA-20M begins expedition 47 by carrying 3 cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skriprochka alongside NASA astronaut Jeff Williams will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station.

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

1/5