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Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) · Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation

A Soyuz rocket lifts off from Baikonur.
Photo by Bill Ingalls, NASA. Public domain. Source
Time still moving

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Luna 27

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What this is

This Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M is aimed farther than a lap around Earth. Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) is sending it from Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation. The ride starts as a very loud climb, then a long quiet coast.

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) is flying a Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M from Cosmodrome Site 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian Federation. Mission: Luna 27. Luna 27 (also named Luna-Resurs 1) is a planned lunar lander mission by Roscosmos to send a lander to the South Pole–Aitken basin, an area on the far side of the Moon. The purpose is to prospect for minerals, volatiles (nitrogen, water, carbon dioxide, ammonia, hydrogen, methane and sulfur dioxide, and lunar water ice in permanently shadowed areas of the Moon and investigate the potential use of these natural lunar resources. On the long term, Russia considers building a crewed base on the Moon's far side that would bring scientific and commercial benefits. The lander will feature 15 science instruments that will analyse the regolith, plasma in the exosphere, dust, and seismic activity. The payload will include a sampling drill. Planned orbit: Lunar Orbit. Status: To Be Determined. Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources. The published time can still slip. Rockets wait for weather, boats, and the range.

Story written from the public listing. A model key can be added later; none is required.

From here

Too far to see

You will not see this rocket from Centennial, Colorado. It is about 5,355 miles northwest. The broadcast is the view.

That is too far for the flame and, for almost every launch, too far for the high-altitude plume. Dim the lights and watch together anyway. The clock is still loose, so daylight is a guess.

Space jobs corner

Who is on this flight

Every company we can name, in plain words, plus a careers page when we have a real one.

Careers links are public pages we know. If we do not have one, we do not invent it.

Ask about this launch

Only what the listing says

Questions stay with this launch. If a model key is configured on the server, the answer is cached. Without a key, the reply is taken straight from the record.

Put it on a calendar

So the slip still finds you

A single launch can be saved now. The subscribe feed, on the launches page, is the one that moves when a rocket slips. Calendar alarms do not know about bedtime quiet hours.