The Soyuz launch sequence explained

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  • Опубликовано: 17 дек 2024
  • What are the parts of the Soyuz rocket? What are the stages into orbit? What is the launch sequence? Watch and find out. This video has been produced from an actual lesson delivered to the ESA astronaut class of 2009 during their ESA Basic Training in 2009-2010
    This video is a joint production of the ESA Human Spaceflight & Operation Astronaut Training Division & Promotion Office
    Note: Subtitles are available for English, Italian, Russian and German. Click on the caption button to choose.
    Technical Experts: Stephane Ghiste, Dmitriy Churkin
    Content Design: Stephane Ghiste, Dmitriy Churkin, Pascal Renten, Simon Trim, Matthew Day
    Video Production & Editing: Pascal Renten, Simon Trim, Andrea Conigli
    Narration Voice: Bernard Oattes
    Project Co-ordination: Loredana Bessone, Matthew Day
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    Massimo Sabbatini, Guillaume Weerts ESA Human Spaceflight & Operation Promotion Office
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    Nikita Vtyurin, Andrew Thielmann (Orbiter Soyuz model)
    Iacopo Baroncini (Soyuz model)
    Joey P. Wade (Google Earth Soyuz models)
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Комментарии • 920

  • @themocaw
    @themocaw 11 лет назад +1521

    Problem: G-forces during launch make it hard for the pilot to reach up and hit the switches.
    NASA: "Better go back and redesign the entire layout of the interior."
    Russia: "Give the pilot a stick."

    • @itftcomputers
      @itftcomputers 11 лет назад +200

      lol this is so true. It's the same story with the Pen in space - Nasa spent millions to design a pen - Russians always used a pencil -)))))))))))

    • @helloworldstein
      @helloworldstein 11 лет назад +391

      ***** NASA spent 0 (ZERO, nil, none) money on the spacepen. It was independently developed by a company from whom nasa and the soviets bought pens from for $2.95 a piece. WOW, $2.95 = millions! NASA used pencils initially too, but the reason neither the soviets or NASA continued using pencils is because if you break the tip, now you have a conductive piece of graphite flying around that can get into small cracks and equipment. Youd think in the age where a simple google search brings the information of the world to your fingertips, moronic assumptions and urban legends would die, but nope.

    • @AntMsk
      @AntMsk 10 лет назад +70

      Ron Ramen Stephane Ghiste
      USSR used chemical pencils. Without graphite

    • @altergreenhorn
      @altergreenhorn 9 лет назад +10

      +Ron Ramen In present time yes but back in 60's soviets used a pencil on the other hand nasa (or contractor it's irrelevant) develop a pressurized pen and it wasn't near as cheap as a pencil back in time

    • @helloworldstein
      @helloworldstein 9 лет назад +43

      Its literally $2.95 and it was the Fisher Pen company that spent money developing it.They weren't even a contractor (which they would be if NASA paid them to research pressurised pens) NASA literally just bought pens from them. They could have bought them from BIC, or Mead or whoever. You're just splitting hairs.

  • @SaferSephiroth87
    @SaferSephiroth87 7 лет назад +712

    never realised how failproof this rocket really is. no wonder nobody died in this rocket in the last 40? years lol. huge respect for the engineers designing this masterpiece.

    • @djmindcrasher
      @djmindcrasher 6 лет назад +29

      Not in the last 40 years, but in the last 47 years, sadly yes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_11

    • @cybernatural7772
      @cybernatural7772 6 лет назад +69

      Korolev knew his business

    • @eliduttman315
      @eliduttman315 6 лет назад +68

      Exactly! If political types had allowed Goddard, Korolev, and von Braun to work cooperatively, Humanity would be a LOT further along in space exploration than the current state of affairs.

    • @cybernatural7772
      @cybernatural7772 6 лет назад +29

      just the rivalry was driving the progress. After the Cold War, cosmonautics is experiencing stagnation

    • @thundercactus
      @thundercactus 6 лет назад +17

      I think the rivalry worked superior to cooperation. The ultimate driving force behind the space programs was political rivalry.
      Having an incredibly highly funded space program was one thing. But a lot of new ideas and different engineering directions were developed by the Russian space program specifically due to their lack of funding and pressure to get things done. The US could have developed closed cycle engines, but chose not to due to initial concerns of them exploding. Russians HAD to develop closed cycle engines to have enough efficiency to bring cost/launch down.
      In the spirit of cooperation, I very much doubt closed cycle engines would have become available.

  • @EuropeanSpaceAgency
    @EuropeanSpaceAgency  11 лет назад +71

    The third stage remains in orbit for a few days. The orbit gradually decays and it eventually burns up on reentering Earth's atmosphere.

    • @neptunez3495
      @neptunez3495 4 года назад

      i used to know nothing about the soyuz but these videos taught me all about the soyuz
      thanks for making this series!

    • @doodleboi7034
      @doodleboi7034 4 года назад +2

      You guys should Make More videos like this!This way Interest in Space will rise.

  • @100SteveB
    @100SteveB 8 лет назад +367

    Although i loved the Space Shuttle, the Soyuz is a much safer vehicle for getting humans into space, and very reliable. Very interesting to be able to see all that is involved with the launch.

    • @sanfranciscobay
      @sanfranciscobay 8 лет назад +5

      +100SteveB. I wonder how hard the landings on the Soyuz are on their bodies? The Space Shuttle landings are very gentle on the Astronauts bodies.

    • @klixtrio7760
      @klixtrio7760 8 лет назад +70

      +SanFranciscoBay Yes, I agree that the shuttle was a totally awesome program, but it wasn't logical. Each flight costed around 500 million dollars, while the Soyuz costs 60 million. The Soyuz is also much safer, as if something goes wrong you can shut down the engines. On the shuttle, once the solid rocket fuel is ignited there is no going back for 2 minutes. Personally, I would take the Soyuz,

    • @samovarmaker9673
      @samovarmaker9673 8 лет назад +2

      The good thing about the shuttle was that it was reusable. Or at least somewhat. The orbiter itself was obviously reusable and the solid rocket boosters would be reused, refurbished or recycled. The external tank was left to burn up in the atmosphere after separation.
      It would considerably lower the costs of each launch if some of the soyuz parts were reused.

    • @thethirdman225
      @thethirdman225 8 лет назад +19

      KlixTrio
      _"On the shuttle, once the solid rocket fuel is ignited there is no going back for 2 minutes."_
      This is exactly right. I think it was von Braun who said that no human should ever ride a solid booster rocket. With the Space Shuttle, it was a combination of the two so there was at least _some_ room to manoeuvre. The issue came up about ten years ago when NASA proposed a spacecraft powered by a single solid booster (Orion?). It was supposed to be ridden by humans... But you are absolutely right: once that thing is alight, there's no shutting it down. And I agree with your conclusion. I would take the Soyuz too, 100% and for exactly that reason.

    • @samovarmaker9673
      @samovarmaker9673 8 лет назад

      Actually I'd take new Federatsiya spacecraft aboard the new Angara rocket. To the moon.

  • @machbaby
    @machbaby 10 лет назад +182

    Well done and very informative! The Soyuz is a classic, workhorse. It's also aesthetically pleasing as well.

    • @IronWarhorsesFun
      @IronWarhorsesFun 5 лет назад +5

      MY fav aspect is that Launch CRADLE! ITS SO COOL THE WAY IT OPENS UP LIKE A BIG HAND.

  • @krawutzimon
    @krawutzimon 11 лет назад +263

    The soyuz system is truly an amazing work of engineering. Sometimes we tend to belittle the Russians for their 'robust' designs, but the more i read about the launcher and the capsule, the more i am impressed by its functional elegance. maybe nasa will in the future review their often convoluted and overly complicated systems in favour of a more practical and economical approach.

    • @Warriorking.1963
      @Warriorking.1963 7 лет назад +3

      Would that be the same - how did you put it - "convoluted and overly complicated systems" that took man to the moon while Russia has STILL got to get a human out of Low Earth Orbit?

    • @donpepe7097
      @donpepe7097 7 лет назад +8

      Warriorking1963
      Stanley Kubrick put a man on the Moon...

    • @Warriorking.1963
      @Warriorking.1963 7 лет назад +1

      Yeah... and you're from another planet.

    • @officialezzy6801
      @officialezzy6801 6 лет назад +28

      Some americans think the spacerace was about going to the moon, going to the moon did nothing, russia was first in space, and russia has been to space the most times. Russa is the master of space. Noone cares about going to the moon xD

    • @Warriorking.1963
      @Warriorking.1963 6 лет назад +4

      HAHAHAHAHA.... you're a comedian, right?
      Getting to the moon WAS the goal, why the hell do you think the Soviet Union pored so much money into it if they didn't want to get there first?

  • @michaelcoslo6497
    @michaelcoslo6497 8 лет назад +90

    My two favorite Rockets are the Saturn V, and the Soyuz. The V is just a no holds barred monster, while the Soyuz is civilized, and as pretty a rocket as has ever been flown.

    • @johnbrown9181
      @johnbrown9181 7 лет назад +8

      Same, but with Energia (and possibly with Buran) as well.

    • @Anay469
      @Anay469 6 лет назад +1

      Just wait for dragon 2 on the falcon 9.

    • @merc1f485
      @merc1f485 6 лет назад +1

      @@Anay469 Dragon 2 has been cancelled to focus on BFR :(

    • @johncherish7610
      @johncherish7610 4 года назад +1

      @@merc1f485 Dragon 2 is docked with the ISS so much for being cancelled

    • @joeyknight8272
      @joeyknight8272 4 года назад

      @@merc1f485 lol

  • @EuropeanSpaceAgency
    @EuropeanSpaceAgency  10 лет назад +74

    Four hours to launch for the Soyuz TMA-13M crew! This video explains the journey ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and his crewmates are about to take to get to the International Space Station.
    The Soyuz launch sequence explained
    #BlueDot

    •  10 лет назад

      14-17g, damn for the escape system... wow.
      I love how quickly they can put up a rocket.

    • @markpeterson5859
      @markpeterson5859 10 лет назад

      Wow, never knew about the launch escape system.

    •  10 лет назад

      Mark Peterson US rockets had it, too.

    • @ArztvomDienst
      @ArztvomDienst 10 лет назад

      If I remember corectly the blackout/breathing training for Airforce pilots is done using 15G.

    • @DaniyarAlibayev
      @DaniyarAlibayev 10 лет назад

      Cool vid. Thanx.

  • @ChunkOfNorris
    @ChunkOfNorris 8 лет назад +39

    3.5 G is an acceleration of 34.3 ms^-2 (neglecting gravity) which is like accelerating from 0 to 124 km/h in one second. That is a good way to visualise it, I think. 17 G is like accelerating from 0 to 600 km/h in a second, which I find unimaginable.

    • @joaotopi
      @joaotopi 6 лет назад +4

      ChunkOfNorris Its like, ull pass out for sure. But, still better than dying.

    • @justinorwen1739
      @justinorwen1739 4 года назад

      It must have been.....unpleasant.

    • @nealb6974
      @nealb6974 Год назад

      Wow thats insane, what a great way to put it in perspective

  • @EuropeanSpaceAgency
    @EuropeanSpaceAgency  11 лет назад +4

    Part 3 is actually scheduled for release first - the landing. This is planned for November when ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is due to return to Earth from the ISS.

  • @EuropeanSpaceAgency
    @EuropeanSpaceAgency  11 лет назад +15

    I see. For now ESA is focussing on the International Space Station & learning more about human exploration in space through the research being done there. There is a robotic mission to Mars in preparation called ExoMars .. Maybe one day there will be a human mission to our nearest neighbour, but that is a long way off.

  • @EuropeanSpaceAgency
    @EuropeanSpaceAgency  10 лет назад +109

    What are the parts of the Soyuz rocket? What are the stages into orbit? Prepare yourself for the launch of #BlueDot with our video of the Soyuz launch sequence.
    The Soyuz launch sequence explained
    Subtitles are available in English, Italian, Russian and German.
    #Soyuz #EXP40 #astronauts #space

    • @EuropeanSpaceAgency
      @EuropeanSpaceAgency  10 лет назад +4

      Hello *****, our video on rendezvous and docking will be produced later.

    • @RobertBardos
      @RobertBardos 10 лет назад

      Cool video I enjoyed this :)

    • @megaherz51
      @megaherz51 10 лет назад

      No French Sub ...

    • @H44rold
      @H44rold 10 лет назад +1

      Very interesting video, thank you very much !

    • @enissay9950
      @enissay9950 9 лет назад +2

      +European Space Agency, ESA Verry informative video, however you didnt mention at what distance the other parts fall on the ground... You only did for the two first : 350km and 500+km...
      Just wondering :P

  • @andrewzeedyk3095
    @andrewzeedyk3095 7 лет назад +73

    I wish the United States and Russia would work together on building the most beatiful launch vehicle the world has ever known

    • @vladimirdyakov150
      @vladimirdyakov150 7 лет назад +19

      yes, better go to Mars together than war...

    • @erzsebetnilsson580
      @erzsebetnilsson580 5 лет назад

      they may already work on it....!

    • @erzsebetnilsson580
      @erzsebetnilsson580 5 лет назад

      Well the Americans did adapted the engineering of the horizontal landing Soyuz and it could bare about 5=7 passengers and landing at any airport and than now they have the Soyuz based new american rocket will take off this year which called the
      DREAM CHASER and will have a mission for to further investigate the black hole

    • @johncherish7610
      @johncherish7610 4 года назад +6

      Private enterprise is doing one better there is no need, Elon Musk is building better rockets than the Russians and Americans combined at a 10th of the cost and he can reuse them

    • @magnator_265
      @magnator_265 3 года назад +1

      @@erzsebetnilsson580 ??? Do you know what DreamChaser is ( DreamChaser is Not a Rocket!!!!)??? Can you make a difference between Nasa Americans and Clv?
      And what the Hell is a horizontal landing soyuz??? Please inform yourself before you write in Here This lies

  • @SirPetterTheFirst
    @SirPetterTheFirst 9 лет назад +244

    The dude talking should have said, Thank You for choosing the Russian space agency. Have a good flight

    • @makarlock
      @makarlock 8 лет назад +7

      roscosmos

    • @DeeckyRizzo
      @DeeckyRizzo 7 лет назад +3

      Makar Lock Well, NASA and CSA launch from there too. It's an international effort.

    • @whiplash7400
      @whiplash7400 7 лет назад +22

      no, nasa and csa Astronauts are launched BY the russian space angency. So, it's even more true. Just like on a plane they tell you thanks for choosing XXXXXXXXX airline. That doesn't mean all the passengers work for the airline

    • @makarlock
      @makarlock 7 лет назад +3

      Gamingwithsean lmao no the Russian space agency is called Roscosmos

    • @ReyLaFleur
      @ReyLaFleur 4 года назад

      In soviet Russia you thank him for not being disintegrated

  • @JustinLHopkins
    @JustinLHopkins 9 лет назад +209

    The safety system is brilliant. If that error had occurred on the space shuttle they astronauts would be dead.

    • @JustinLHopkins
      @JustinLHopkins 8 лет назад +9

      B20C0 Definitely agree. It looked great. I got to see a launch and it was one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
      I think the crash of Columbia was the final nail in the coffin.

    • @Justin.Franks
      @Justin.Franks 8 лет назад +3

      +Wabawoo The II Even the Mercury missions had a launch escape system.

    • @Justin.Franks
      @Justin.Franks 8 лет назад

      +Wabawoo The II The only one I'm aware of is Gemini, which didn't have the launch escape tower, but it did have ejection seats that served the same purpose.

    • @MrDJShufflemaster
      @MrDJShufflemaster 7 лет назад

      Justin Franks t

    • @snaxx82
      @snaxx82 6 лет назад +14

      +B20C0 Actually, the best looking craft we (as in humans) sent to space would have to be the Buran, looking similar to Space Shuttle but far more advanced, including a safety feature for the crew during launch (ejector seats) and fully automated flight control. The first and last (sigh) flight of the Buran was unmanned.

  • @EuropeanSpaceAgency
    @EuropeanSpaceAgency  11 лет назад +16

    In reply to Tristan Valenzuela Salazar (for some reason unable to reply to your post): Part 2 - about the rendezvous and docking is expected to be released in May 2014 to coincide with the launch and docking with ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst. Meanwhile - Part 3 was released last week following the return of ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano see: Soyuz undocking, reentry and landing explained

    • @TristanValenzuelaSalazar
      @TristanValenzuelaSalazar 11 лет назад +3

      Thank you for the info!
      I already saw part 3, this is why I was wondering about the release of part 2.

    • @vinnyvinnn
      @vinnyvinnn 10 лет назад

      Yes thanks, was also wondering

    • @DarkSedushi
      @DarkSedushi 10 лет назад

      Any word on part 2?

  • @nipundelhite1623
    @nipundelhite1623 6 лет назад +22

    And it proved again how safe it is !!
    Space shuttle has taken livesin the past but in Soyuz you are safe.

  • @lancelovecraft5913
    @lancelovecraft5913 10 лет назад +34

    I really enjoy nice presentations like these

  •  8 лет назад +218

    Soyuz it's the best rocket ever...

    • @mowtow90
      @mowtow90 8 лет назад +14

      Soyuz is the space craft. The rocket is an R7 variant. Just like the original rocket developed by Segey Koriolov. Just with all problems of reliability and build quality -solved.

    • @janselkennethtolentino8269
      @janselkennethtolentino8269 8 лет назад +15

      +mowtow90 the rocket could also be called Soyuz.

    • @Nightwolf323
      @Nightwolf323 8 лет назад +8

      +mowtow90 the spacecraft they use now is the Soyuz MS on the Soyuz-FG rocket.

    • @johnthirlwell9205
      @johnthirlwell9205 8 лет назад

      I'm

    • @furyiiiplate
      @furyiiiplate 7 лет назад +11

      I guess for Earth Orbit it is the greatest. Everytime I see one launch I feel like I have no worries, she is going to end up just where they aimed her. No Drama, Workhorse!

  • @johnmaciel5713
    @johnmaciel5713 6 лет назад +20

    escape system got proven successful again yesterday!! Good thing! All survived!!

  • @mattdathew2794
    @mattdathew2794 10 лет назад +20

    brought tears in ma eyes

  • @Matescium
    @Matescium 5 лет назад +2

    The best explanation i have watched ever about rocket launch.

  • @NerdZooooone
    @NerdZooooone 8 лет назад +58

    My huge Respect to the Russian Space Rocket Ingineer!

    • @erzsebetnilsson580
      @erzsebetnilsson580 5 лет назад +1

      they were good with the cargo plane as well which could fit in and transport ship and aeroplane as well inside in it and that engine is design up to date is good.... it was the world larges cargo plane ...but that was showing for the public about the mid or late 70s

    • @erzsebetnilsson580
      @erzsebetnilsson580 5 лет назад

      the Americans adapted on of the horizontal landing space shuttle for or to their own designer and will now send a long mission with that for get more knowledge of the black hole this year . but the ship is created after the Soyuz (i believe the horizontal landing rocket with can land in any normal airport .... amusing staff of the Russians Soyuz
      the america version based on the Soyuz is called DREAM CHASER.......

    • @wazupdowgs
      @wazupdowgs 4 года назад +2

      Soviet ingineer

  • @ObfuscatingUsername
    @ObfuscatingUsername 9 лет назад +11

    so interesting. I learned a lot and enjoyed the footage immensely. Don't chase the ratings - keep this standard up!

  • @bawkbawkboo1
    @bawkbawkboo1 5 лет назад +7

    It's interesting watching this after the escape system proved itself invaluable a second time just over a year ago on Soyuz MS-10, when it saved three astronauts headed to the ISS. Scott Manley's video on the subject, "In Flight Camera Shows Damaged Sensor Destroyed Soyuz Rocket" explains it well.

  • @CamiloSanchez1979
    @CamiloSanchez1979 9 лет назад +20

    It's interesting how without much fanfare the Soviets/Russians managed to developed a simple yet reliable program. Almost like the AK46 it was made to last

    • @Cnupoc
      @Cnupoc 9 лет назад +2

      +CamiloSanchez1979 АК 46? :D

    • @CamiloSanchez1979
      @CamiloSanchez1979 9 лет назад +6

      +Cnupoc Ha! ...I messed up, 47

    • @Warriorking.1963
      @Warriorking.1963 7 лет назад

      Well they had no fanfare because they kept it all secret. And of course, most of their accidents were hushed up too.

  • @SaidaniH
    @SaidaniH 8 лет назад +8

    Very informative and rigorous content. Thank you ESA!

  • @zulrisna_0311
    @zulrisna_0311 5 лет назад +5

    *_Honestly I'm not a person who watch this documentary /education experiment...but this mission really make me into to space matter.. It's make me feel when I was in schools again...tq for the awesome video & knowledge that I get more about this magnificent world_* ♥♥♥

  • @phobos7076
    @phobos7076 10 лет назад +15

    This is absolutely fascinating!!!

  • @marcilioramos7558
    @marcilioramos7558 8 лет назад +4

    congratulation and thanks a lot for every body at ESA... the videos that you show us is fantastic!!!

  • @ksmi4141
    @ksmi4141 6 лет назад +3

    I’m getting the Soyuz owners manual and guide this weekend! Excited for a good, informative read!

  • @satoshi6359
    @satoshi6359 7 лет назад +6

    The feeling you get when you realize that the time you finish this video is about the time for the Soyuz rocket reaches orbit

  • @penprogrammer6271
    @penprogrammer6271 Год назад +3

    0 accidents, 100% uptime. This is awesome.

  • @EuropeanSpaceAgency
    @EuropeanSpaceAgency  11 лет назад +1

    The vast majority, if not all, is burnt up in the atmosphere. Any small remnant that does survive the reentry mostly falls in the ocean, other parts might fall on land and are not recovered.

  • @ilya1061
    @ilya1061 9 лет назад +19

    спасибо ESA!

  • @dansumner8131
    @dansumner8131 9 лет назад +397

    Russian engineering at its best...

    • @nothereisnotaflyonyourscre2864
      @nothereisnotaflyonyourscre2864 8 лет назад +26

      Might not pretty but reliable! ^^

    • @roneycorrea
      @roneycorrea 8 лет назад +17

      Business As Usual. Russian tech rocks!

    • @Indipuk
      @Indipuk 8 лет назад +1

      Its Soviet, many of this rocket original engineers were Jewish and now reside in United States or Israel.

    • @tylerdaniels9000
      @tylerdaniels9000 8 лет назад +29

      you just made that up Indy.. I could say the same about NASA engineers that's from all over the world. NASA is only good for recruiting smart people doesn't matter their nationality

    • @СерьёзныеИгры-ь6ъ
      @СерьёзныеИгры-ь6ъ 8 лет назад +44

      Hello Europeans, Americans and all earthlings! Russia loves you!

  • @TheRuz123
    @TheRuz123 6 лет назад +12

    The launch escape worked again.

  • @StYxXx
    @StYxXx 6 лет назад

    That's by far the best and most accurate video explaining the launch

  • @mplites7160
    @mplites7160 7 лет назад +99

    The Russians really prioritize safety.

    • @johnbrown9181
      @johnbrown9181 7 лет назад +41

      +TheRenaissanceman65 Actually, they really did. With the exception of the political fuckup of Soyuz 1, almost everything they did with their Cosmonauts was designed for safety. The same cannot be said for some parts of their ICBM development, however (a comment which also applied to the US, particularly their Titan programme).

    • @rossmum
      @rossmum 7 лет назад +28

      They did, as John Brown notes - but not just for rockets. Soviet subs were designed to be far more survivable in combat than US subs - they could dive deeper, had far more watertight compartments, and most included one or more escape capsules for the crew. US subs carried much more sophisticated electronics and were generally quieter, but the Soviets really built theirs to survive battle damage and keep their crews alive. Unfortunately, rushed design in other areas (K-19's reactor cooling system, for example) and poor quality control let down what were otherwise excellent designs. Poor QC was also what helped doom the N-1 program.
      Ironically, to return to subs, the Thresher and Scorpion disasters (coupled with Rickover's... "influence") led to the US being overly cautious, spending more time training crews in nuclear engineering than actually fighting their boats. I've heard US submariners who go on exchange into the RN get quite a shock when they find the situation reversed.
      In a sense even supposed "death traps" like Soviet tanks were designed with as much effort put into crew survivability as possible. They get an unfair reputation fuelled by exaggeration and fantasy about "human waves".
      Ultimately, the pattern seems to be that the Soviets dreamt big but were hampered by the realities of their industrial and economic capacity, while the US was far better off in both of those areas but in many cases took a much more conservative design approach.

    • @thundercactus
      @thundercactus 6 лет назад +7

      It's a strange duality of methodology.
      The Russians were not able to fully test much of their equipment on the ground as the US did. A lot of their final development happened in test flights.
      However, despite being forced to test components in flight, and having a much lower budget, they still managed to maintain high safety standards.
      Russia and the US had 2 major spacecraft losses each, but the US lost more people in testing.

    • @reapingbeast6433
      @reapingbeast6433 6 лет назад +1

      Private X Safety Is The Number One Priority Taras Kul Said

    • @alexdavid9450
      @alexdavid9450 5 лет назад +1

      Private X только люди простые живут хуево

  • @RuudClaessen
    @RuudClaessen 6 лет назад +9

    Am I the only one that thinks that they were about half an hour late with activating the escape rocket at 4:30? I mean, the whole platform was already on fire.

    • @huyvuquang9533
      @huyvuquang9533 4 года назад

      Ruud Claessen It was not made of paper so, luckily, it would not collapse too quickly, they did need some time to react to the situation.

    • @RuudClaessen
      @RuudClaessen 4 года назад

      Huy Vũ Quang that is true. However to me it seemed pretty clear that it was going to go downhill. Anyway, happy that the guys survived!

  • @olgasolovjova4681
    @olgasolovjova4681 3 года назад +4

    Sergi korolov had made the safest rocket 50 years ago
    We could have been on mares today because of him

    • @noone7692
      @noone7692 2 года назад

      Russian drink vodka and dig there own Graves.

  • @channelthefire2745
    @channelthefire2745 3 года назад +1

    the song/music at 6:35 is "Space Continuum 1763/6" " Terry Devine-King (PRS)"

  • @FrankHelmling
    @FrankHelmling 11 лет назад +5

    Thanks for sharing, especially the reentry part has been awaited since I was a kid and wasn't able to imagine the head built up via air traction in my daydreams beeing an Astronaut...
    Greetz Frank

  • @atomicskull6405
    @atomicskull6405 6 лет назад

    3:43 In case you are wondering those 4 "paddles" are used for steering. (fins on rockets are usually not used for steering only for stability and controlling roll)

  • @arckocsog253
    @arckocsog253 6 лет назад +8

    This was super interesting, thanks!

  • @bruce92106
    @bruce92106 8 лет назад +13

    I'm totally thriving on aerospace knowledge and it's history, love it! Never seen how Soyuz works before this ever! Is this rocket the same basic one Russia has been using forever? Like since the Sputnik days? If so, wow, what a workhorse! And I'd always wondered how that tailend worked - didn't know those were boosters that separated. Didn't know any of it! Interesting stuff. I'm hooked.

    • @mikicerise6250
      @mikicerise6250 7 лет назад +5

      Same basic design principles, but not the same as the first Soyuz of course. Been upgraded several times as technologies advanced. That booster separation is called the Korolev cross. :)

    • @bruce92106
      @bruce92106 7 лет назад +1

      Thanks for info Miki because always curious on that. Just whenever I see Soyuz Russian launch the rocket used never seems to change design-look. I figured it had to AT-LEAST been upgraded since those days!! Always liked it's look. Do those "boosters" all separate at same time? I think I read the fuel is pure "kerosene" is that true? (!?)

    • @kama5130
      @kama5130 7 лет назад +2

      Angara , Proton-M !)

    • @cwoassont4385
      @cwoassont4385 6 лет назад +2

      Not the same rocket, but from the same rocket family, R-7.

    • @erzsebetnilsson580
      @erzsebetnilsson580 5 лет назад +1

      I seen the Sputnik in the reality. VERY PROUD OF IT but I was scared to acknowledge how small space the astronaut had to sit in

  • @GhostlyMeows
    @GhostlyMeows 6 лет назад +7

    Saluting the Soyuz today

  • @phmwu7368
    @phmwu7368 4 года назад +2

    Fun fact: the 4 strap-on boosters and the white fairing fall back to Earth, about 350 kilometers downrange from Baikonur launchsite, where these are recovered for the metal. Swiss watch-company Werenbach even produces wristwatch dials from the scrap metal of these flown Soyuz launchvehicles... After 2 minutes, the 4 boosters fall back from an altitude of 50 kilometers !

  • @PhucLe-qs7nx
    @PhucLe-qs7nx 8 лет назад +17

    Hi ESA, I want to contribute a Vietnamese subtitle and introduced this serie to my fellow but it seems that you don't allow community's subtitle. How can I contribute, does using Amara possible? Thanks.

    • @EuropeanSpaceAgency
      @EuropeanSpaceAgency  8 лет назад +7

      Send us an email please at connectwithus@esa.int

    • @elnaquete
      @elnaquete 5 лет назад +1

      3 years later , no subtitles 😢
      Any plans for Spanish subs? That would be great for my son. I can contribute as well.

  • @kundansubba9349
    @kundansubba9349 2 года назад +1

    Hats off to the Scientists, Engineers & Technicians who made this spacecraft !!!

  • @dilloncornett1539
    @dilloncornett1539 8 лет назад +78

    Looks like it's time for me to loose sleep and play Kerbal Space Program..

    • @k1productions87
      @k1productions87 7 лет назад +2

      Was already loading it before reading that comment.
      And I happen to have the ISS and Soyuz TMA pack for it as well :P

    • @zarki-games
      @zarki-games 6 лет назад

      I wish my computer could run KSP

    • @RealBetaB
      @RealBetaB 5 лет назад

      Just finished a session KSP... 😉

  • @hollowworld7137
    @hollowworld7137 6 лет назад +2

    4:13 correction: today Soyuz MS-10 has failed and now has made three times crew used an escape system to get out of a failure (don't worry they lived). 7:29 they escaped and the failure happened around there. It also makes all three abilities used. One with the tower, one with the fairings, and one with just the capsule.

    • @Reactordrone
      @Reactordrone 6 лет назад +1

      The escape tower wasn't used on MS-10. It got jettisoned just prior to booster separation and the abort was done with the payload fairing motors.

    • @hollowworld7137
      @hollowworld7137 6 лет назад

      Thanks edited it just right now

  • @bmouch1018
    @bmouch1018 9 лет назад +12

    respect for the ESA, from across the pond.

  • @JeffreyBue_imtxsmoke
    @JeffreyBue_imtxsmoke 9 лет назад +3

    ESAU makes great videos. This one is most excellent

  • @iainurquhart7606
    @iainurquhart7606 10 лет назад +6

    Excellent, much more detail than NASA videos, that always seem a bit general - Any more detail on parachute stowage and how it gets from inside beside the astronauts to outside? And a better quality of informed comments below as well!

  • @michaeldelosreyes2909
    @michaeldelosreyes2909 6 лет назад +1

    Thought the news wouldve used these animations for what happened today. Glad they're safe and the escape system worked successfully

  • @seansteel3326
    @seansteel3326 7 лет назад +14

    17 G's g-force for 5 seconds during the escape ? Damn !! Imagine that ! With the space suit you must weight at least 100 kgs. So 17 G's would make you feel like you weigh 1.7 tons !! Like a rhino sitting on you for 5 seconds.

    • @WearyKirin
      @WearyKirin 4 года назад

      Not like a rhino sitting on you its like you are a rhino just without the extra strength

    • @dimayev4
      @dimayev4 4 года назад

      0.85 tons ;) there is 2000 pounds in a ton so at 1700 pounds it just under.

    • @gerritkaasjager2319
      @gerritkaasjager2319 4 года назад

      @@dimayev4 he is talking about kilograms, a 1000 kg is 1 ton, in this case 1700 kg would translate to 3500 pounds I think

    • @dimayev4
      @dimayev4 4 года назад +1

      @@gerritkaasjager2319 you're right! I saw tons and switched to thinking American

  • @kenadamprawira4138
    @kenadamprawira4138 4 года назад +7

    Russian dont give a damn about aesthetics, they just want to make a perfect working machineries

  • @Max-hw7xl
    @Max-hw7xl 6 лет назад +19

    thank you Russia for continuing international space cooperation

  • @doodleboi7034
    @doodleboi7034 3 года назад

    Would love more of these, so Interest in Space Exploration would rise.

  • @ВасилийДобряк-и5к
    @ВасилийДобряк-и5к 8 лет назад +31

    Soyuz most safety space 🚀 in the world 🌎

    • @cottoncandyman8274
      @cottoncandyman8274 8 лет назад

      True, but it also has the most failures of any rocket.

    • @alblgz
      @alblgz 8 лет назад +1

      +Colton Byrd Proof? Counting the failures of the rocket only, not the booster stage / satellite load?

    • @ProTyle
      @ProTyle 7 лет назад

      Maybe even *out* the world!!!

  • @jvargas454
    @jvargas454 4 года назад +2

    Great narrative and graphics.

  • @lf-domino7876
    @lf-domino7876 6 лет назад +9

    4:08, just happened a second succesful one! 14/10/2018

    • @lillybeacon
      @lillybeacon 6 лет назад +2

      Except it happened after the successful launch, the abort happened after the booster separation.

  • @ederyn84
    @ederyn84 6 лет назад

    The best 15 min an human can have at our times.

  • @lithiummc4509
    @lithiummc4509 8 лет назад +4

    What is the music at the beginning of the video? Its cool.

  • @filipinordabest
    @filipinordabest 9 лет назад +1

    When the escape system was introduced, I thought about those lattice thingies on the side:
    Repeat after me, tovarisch, this device of use for craft stabilizing, not for making of the space waffles

    • @kpadmirer
      @kpadmirer 9 лет назад +1

      +filipinordabest The waffles are also used on air-to-air and surface-to-surface missiles.

  • @joepesci5845
    @joepesci5845 6 лет назад +5

    Sublime. Thanks ESA.

  • @utkrashtgupta8129
    @utkrashtgupta8129 4 года назад +2

    This is the kind of stuff I would happily pay for.

  • @KayoMichiels
    @KayoMichiels 9 лет назад +7

    Orbiter 2010 with the R-7 addon.

  • @midnightmilo
    @midnightmilo 11 лет назад +1

    Fantastic educational video, well done to everyone who made it.

  • @CaptainM792
    @CaptainM792 6 лет назад +12

    The Soyuz class starship in Star Trek was probably named after the Soyuz rockets 🚀.

    • @johncherish7610
      @johncherish7610 4 года назад +1

      You are right and Chekov was put on the crew because the Russians were offended that there wasn't a Russian in the original pilot show

  • @noafix
    @noafix 3 года назад +1

    El cohete más bello, eficaz y duradero de la historia. Y lo seguirá siendo durante mucho tiempo. Mis respetos a los ingenieros que crearon esta obra de arte.

  • @furyiiiplate
    @furyiiiplate 7 лет назад +14

    'Baikonur Cosmodrome' is WAY cooler sounding than 'Cape Canaveral' or the even worse 'Cape Kennedy'. But, being an American Capitalist Tool, I have to go with 'Wallops Island' as the coolest sounding Launch Complex. Anyway, I don't care who or where, I am for all Peaceful Rocket Launchings.

    • @nottoday3817
      @nottoday3817 3 года назад

      I mean, Kennedy deserves his fair share of recognition.

  • @zapfanzapfan
    @zapfanzapfan 4 года назад +1

    How about explaining the startup sequence for the engines and the lighting using what is really some giant matches? The startup seems to take forever, there is smoke and some fire, then more fire, then even more fire and then it really lights up and gets going.

  • @harrisonmckee4759
    @harrisonmckee4759 5 лет назад +4

    Now it is 2 time the LES has been used.
    Yes, Soyuz Ms-10, that you.

  • @EuropeanSpaceAgency
    @EuropeanSpaceAgency  11 лет назад

    There was a small detail missing in the other version to do with the credits.

  • @Christian-Rankin
    @Christian-Rankin 9 лет назад +5

    So what happens to that last "booster" that's already in orbit when jettisoned?

    • @Christian-Rankin
      @Christian-Rankin 9 лет назад +6

      *****
      Thank you, however, I would have liked that information to be in the video.
      Great video though!

  • @barmherzigsein6836
    @barmherzigsein6836 6 лет назад +1

    Amazing engineering and science knowledge and imagination from the Soyuz Team and the Russian people. Thank you from an American. One can see that the prophesy is true, that “Peace will come from the Bear in the East”. Salome.

  • @Krahfty
    @Krahfty 11 лет назад +3

    whats the name of the music at 08:36 ?
    thanks in advance

    • @EuropeanSpaceAgency
      @EuropeanSpaceAgency  11 лет назад

      Maybe Stephane Ghiste can help with that question?

    • @glandersonbooper6609
      @glandersonbooper6609 9 лет назад +12

      European Space Agency, ESA or maybe not?

    • @MessinAbout80
      @MessinAbout80 9 лет назад +1

      +Krahfty Mystic Crock by Maribo

    • @33Skygazer
      @33Skygazer 9 лет назад +1

      +MessinAbout80 That's close, but is it the same track? They're very similar...

    • @slycoffy
      @slycoffy 9 лет назад +4

      darude sandstorm

  • @AGPZ2700
    @AGPZ2700 4 года назад +2

    With no doubt Soyuz is like the Toyota of the spacecrafts machines. Reliable and delivering....

  • @delayed_control
    @delayed_control 10 лет назад +4

    Yay, Orbiter 2010!

  • @MrJaMaJoGu
    @MrJaMaJoGu 3 года назад

    min 4:10: second occation for the use of the escape system in 2018 with S/N 10 if not mistaking.

  • @sudonim7552
    @sudonim7552 6 лет назад +3

    Soyuz is still by far the safest and most reliable spacecraft there is. I'd choose to ride on a Soyuz over a Falcon any day.

    • @dubsy1026
      @dubsy1026 6 лет назад

      Still? That's 3 manned Soyuz failures. And dozens of unmanned failures BTW

  • @pw3848
    @pw3848 11 лет назад +1

    There is in the graph at 9:32 altitude after soyuz separation above 200 km. But i read somewhere, that ISS is in altitude above 400 km. How does soyuz reach it? By its own engines?

  • @giorgiobizzozero2708
    @giorgiobizzozero2708 7 лет назад

    finalmente una bella e completa spiegazione tecnologica !

  • @Pikaling3408
    @Pikaling3408 6 лет назад +27

    anyone watching this after the Soyuz MS-10 Failed to reach orbit

    • @char2c584
      @char2c584 6 лет назад

      Me

    • @vMufasa
      @vMufasa 5 лет назад +4

      and yet they always have the escape rocket that saved those cosmonauts vs the space shuttle where on two different occasions the astronauts died...

    • @koteswar009
      @koteswar009 5 лет назад

      After Chandrayaan 2

  • @trungnguyenhoang6821
    @trungnguyenhoang6821 9 лет назад

    nearly the only source to explain soyuz's launch escape system

  • @Skywalker1427
    @Skywalker1427 9 лет назад +18

    Hey ESA, ever heard of anti-aliasing? This thing can make your vids like this less shittier in the Orbiter simulation part. I never played orbiter, but if it doesn't have AA settings, you can force the AA thru the videocard driver.

    • @humanmasks1102
      @humanmasks1102 6 лет назад

      Lenin Охуенен love the profile pic mate.

  • @berkayakbaba1136
    @berkayakbaba1136 4 года назад +1

    I can't understand a single thing. Falcon Heavy is the first reusable rocket we all know that but Soyuz has been used for all those years but all the times it launches it looks so new. Just like a reusable rocket. Are they building a new Soyuz for every launch? Or they are using the parts which are came back to earth?

    • @aaronjacobs3980
      @aaronjacobs3980 4 года назад +3

      Soyuz is an expendable booster, it's so cheap that they don't need to recover it, and the production lines are well established as they've been running for 60 years

  • @nats50
    @nats50 6 лет назад +4

    Amazing engineering! Also, Russia really has the best ejection system, be it on fighter planes or rockets. Bravo.

  • @johnnypinkleton9410
    @johnnypinkleton9410 5 лет назад +1

    Soyuz is amazing. Wow I did not know much about it

  • @ezzioauditore3842
    @ezzioauditore3842 9 лет назад +13

    americans and russians the most developed societies in the spacial exploration

    • @jtcnjtc
      @jtcnjtc 9 лет назад +4

      Ezzio Auditore Russians used to be n years ago, not now.
      However, Americans are not so cool as they used to be too.

    • @nsepofdoggerland6831
      @nsepofdoggerland6831 8 лет назад

      I agree. Americans do not send anything in to space now.

  • @soridia1
    @soridia1 11 лет назад

    Oh I can't wait the Part 2! Awesome!

  • @zorn5799
    @zorn5799 5 лет назад +2

    Merci pour les sous-titres

  • @Saukko31
    @Saukko31 11 лет назад

    Thanks for the video, very interesting and nice use of Orbiter. :)

  • @DarkSideChess
    @DarkSideChess 6 лет назад +3

    Well it's been 35 years, but now the escape system has been used for the 2nd time.

    • @Mathin3D
      @Mathin3D 5 лет назад

      @ghijkhl
      Successfully!

  • @ChunkOfNorris
    @ChunkOfNorris 8 лет назад +1

    What happens to the third stage after it separates from the spacecraft? Will it de-orbit naturally and burn up in the atmosphere? Is it required to de-orbit over an uninhabited area? Are there any control systems on the launcher or just on the spacecraft? Why is helium used to pressurise the LOX tanks instead of nitrogen?

  • @shubhamsinha3457
    @shubhamsinha3457 6 лет назад +3

    And today after 35 years the emergency escape system was used again.

    • @georgie3
      @georgie3 6 лет назад +2

      Not much information yet but I heard they aborted after booster separation. That means the escape tower is already gone according to the sequence in this video, so they might have aborted without the escape rocket, just by separating. They would then keep going up for quite a distance (all the way into space?) and then reenter, experiencing high Gs slowing down in the atmosphere.

  • @AstroGoalHorns
    @AstroGoalHorns 3 года назад +1

    "The launch escape system has only been once in the history of the Soyuz"
    This aged like fine wine

  • @ilya1061
    @ilya1061 9 лет назад +4

    спасибо вам!