Author Topic: Soyuz-2.1a - Progress MS-20 (№450) - 3 June 2022 (09:32 UTC) (Read 40470 times)

Rondaz · « **Reply #40 on:** 06/02/2022 10:22 am »

Top Baikonur official shrugs off sanctions threat over Donbass-dedicated launch

The launch of a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-20 spacecraft is scheduled for June 3

2 JUN, 02:46

BAIKONUR /Kazakhstan/, June 2. /TASS/. Baikonur’s city administration head Konstantin Busygin won’t be intimidated by any threat of personal sanctions that may be imposed against him over the upcoming space launch dedicated to Donbass, as he himself said in an interview with TASS.

"Why should I be afraid of personal sanctions? I have expressed my position before and I am making no secret of it. If there are sanctions, then, so be it. I work here based on the instructions and decisions of two presidents and I view my job as extremely vital and responsible," he emphasized. "I primarily work for Russia’s benefit. There has been a trend to punish people with sanctions for that but I won’t be intimidated by such restrictions," Busygin added.

The administration chief noted that his post was the only one where candidates were appointed by the Russian president and approved by the Kazakh president.

The launch of a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-20 spacecraft is scheduled for 12:32 pm Moscow time on June 3. The second stage of the rocket bears the inscription "Donbass" and its nose cone has the flags of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics painted on it.

https://tass.com/science/1459511

Rondaz · « **Reply #41 on:** 06/02/2022 12:16 pm »

#ProgressMS20 launch to the @Space_Station via #Roscosmos' #ProgressMS atop #Soyuz2 rocket..

https://twitter.com/_rykllan/status/1532320423211409408

SpaceFinnOriginal · « **Reply #42 on:** 06/02/2022 02:33 pm »

Can anyone repost media-kit for this launch that appeared on roscosmos.ru? I can't access the site from outside of Russia.
I'm looking for insertion orbit parameters.