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SOYUZ-MS 20
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The Soyuz MS is the latest version of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft series, first launched in 2016. The "MS" stands for "modernized systems," referring to improvements in navigation, communications, and onboard systems over the Soyuz TMA-M series. Developed and manufactured by Energia, it is operated by Roscosmos for human spaceflight missions to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 8, 2021 at 07:38 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1a →
- Operator
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Mission
- Soyuz MS-20
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 423 km
- Periapsis
- 417 km
- Inclination
- 51.64°
- Orbital period
- 92.96 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Russia (CIS / former USSR)
- Launch mass
- 7,218 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2021-119A
- NORAD catalog №
- 49922
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- December 19, 2021
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- December 19, 2021
- Time in service
- 11 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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