Baikonur Cosmodrome gears up for 1st launch of the year

Baikonur Cosmodrome eyes 9 launches according to its schedule for 2025, Kainform News Agency correspondent reports.

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Photo: roscosmos.ru

The launch the cargo spaceship Progress MS 30 with the help of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle delivering cargo necessary to support the ISS operations and supplies to the crew is set to blast off on February 28, 2025.

Next to take off is the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle, which is expected to deliver Bion-M No.2 satellite into orbit, on March 25, 2025.

On April 8, 2025, the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS 27 manned spacecraft is set to transport Expedition 73 crew members including Russia’s Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritsky as well as NASA’s Jonny Kim to the ISS. 

Earlier it was reported that Russia’s Roscosmos had presented Kazakhstan the schedule of launches from Baikonur for 2025. 

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