00:01Launch command issued for ignition.
00:03The launch command has been issued.
00:09Second about the tower separates.
00:11Engine tank pumps at flight speed.
00:16Booster ignition now at full throttle and liftoff.
00:19Menin, Dubrov, and Kikane now on their way to the International Space Station
00:24as part of a two-orbit journey.
00:31We have good roll, pitch, and yaw
00:34as we head downrange.
00:39Engines of the first and second stage are functioning normally.
00:44We have confirmation that the first and second stage
00:48engines have good performance.
00:51We have good structural parameter performance
00:54and the Soyuz is delivering 930,000 pounds of thrust
00:58from its four boosters and single engine.
01:01The first stage of the Soyuz
01:03measures 68 feet in length
01:04and 24 feet in diameter,
01:06burning liquid fuel for the first two minutes
01:08and six seconds of flight.
01:11We're now a minute into
01:12today's flight.
01:15Everything continuing to proceed
01:16as planned and the velocity is currently
01:181,100 miles per hour.
01:2570.
01:27The flight is nominal.
01:2970. Flight nominal.
01:31We're now a minute and 20 seconds
01:33into today's flight
01:34of the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft
01:37on top of that Soyuz 2.1A booster.
01:39We still have good first stage performance.
01:43Ready to report the exact launch time.
01:48The motion moves are growing.
01:50First and second stage engines stable.
01:5517 hours 47 minutes 43.
01:59The pressure is 1511.
02:021429.
02:04Copy.
02:04We're now 1 minute and 54 seconds
02:07into today's flight.
02:08So the escape tower
02:09has been jettisoned.
02:12And momentarily
02:12there we see there
02:14the four strap-on boosters
02:15have been jettisoned
02:16and these have completed
02:17their job
02:18and have dropped away
02:19at an altitude of 28 statute miles.
02:22The Soyuz is now traveling
02:23at about 3,350 miles an hour
02:27and there you can see
02:28on your screen
02:29as those four strap-on boosters
02:31were jettisoned.
02:33Again, everything continuing
02:34to proceed as planned.
02:35We are receiving good reports
02:37of the structural performance
02:39of the Soyuz
02:41as it continues its ride uphill.
02:45We are now just over
02:46two and a half minutes
02:47into today's launch
02:48of the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft
02:51and that launch shroud
02:53has now been jettisoned
02:55and the rocket's altitude
02:56is now about 48 miles high.
03:00And we're now seeing
03:01an external rocket camera view
03:03that the crew will switch in
03:05to replace the in-camera view
03:07at that time
03:08of fairing separation.
03:11We're now three minutes
03:12into today's launch
03:13of the Soyuz spacecraft.
03:15Everything continuing
03:17to proceed as planned
03:18and receiving good reports
03:19from the blockhouse
03:20in Baikonur.
03:23The Soyuz is now traveling
03:25at a speed
03:26of about 4,700 miles per hour.
03:30The Soyuz core stage
03:32is performing as expected
03:34and the core stage
03:35of the Soyuz
03:36is 56 feet in length,
03:3713 and a half feet
03:39in diameter
03:39with a single engine
03:41with four fuel chambers
03:42providing between
03:43178,000 and 220,000 pounds
03:46of thrust
03:47for its 3 minute
03:49and 28 seconds
03:50of operation.
03:51210 seconds.
03:53Control system parameters
03:55nominal.
03:57We're about 3 minutes
03:58and 45 seconds
03:59into today's flight
04:00of the Soyuz
04:01as it continues
04:02its flight uphill.
04:04It is about an 8 minute
04:05and 50 second
04:06total ride to orbit
04:07before we have
04:08that third stage separation
04:09and the Soyuz spacecraft
04:11will be on its way
04:12to chase the
04:13International Space Station.
04:14Copy the correct
04:15feelings line.
04:20The core stage
04:22once it was ignited
04:23continues to burn
04:24until the 4 minute
04:2543 second mark
04:26which is coming up
04:26in about 30 seconds
04:28from now
04:29and the Soyuz uses
04:30what's called
04:31a hot stage technique
04:32and the third stage
04:33will then ignite
04:34while the second
04:34is still burning
04:35and this is why
04:36the Soyuz has an open area
04:38in between the second
04:39and third stages.
04:52We are continuing to receive
04:55good reports
04:56of the Soyuz performance
04:58as it continues
04:59its journey uphill.
05:00We're now about
05:014 minutes and 50 seconds
05:03into today's flight
05:04so the third stage
05:05did begin igniting
05:06at that 4 minute
05:0745 second mark
05:08which means the second stage
05:10is now shutting down.
05:13and we do have
05:14confirmation of
05:15second stage separation
05:17copy separation
05:19of second stage
05:21and that separation
05:22taking place
05:23at an altitude
05:23of 105 miles.
05:25So the Soyuz
05:26is now being propelled
05:28by the single engine
05:29of the Soyuz
05:29third stage
05:30and this engine
05:31is providing
05:3267,000 pounds
05:33of thrust
05:34and will burn
05:35for a total
05:35of 4 minutes
05:36and 2 seconds.
05:43We're now about
05:445 and a half minutes
05:45into today's launch
05:46of the Soyuz
05:48spacecraft
05:49we're about
05:503 minutes away
05:51from that
05:52third stage
05:54separation
05:57at which point
05:58the Soyuz
05:59spacecraft
06:00and its crew
06:00will officially
06:01be on their way
06:02to the International
06:02Space Station
06:03again
06:03that third stage
06:04shutdown
06:05taking place
06:06about 8 minutes
06:07and 46 seconds
06:08into today's launch
06:09about 3 minutes
06:10from now
06:10shortly followed
06:11by that third stage
06:12separation.
06:20360 seconds
06:21page 4
06:22are all nominal
06:23copy
06:24on board
06:25everything is fine.
06:34we're now
06:35just over 6 minutes
06:36and 20 seconds
06:37into today's launch
06:38of the Soyuz
06:392.1A booster
06:40which was carrying
06:40the Soyuz
06:41MS-29 spacecraft
06:43to orbit
06:44as it begins
06:45its journey
06:46to the International
06:47Space Station
06:48we are continuing
06:49to receive
06:50good reports
06:51of good pitch
06:52and yaw
06:53of the spacecraft
06:55as it continues
06:56its journey
06:57uphill
06:58and about
06:59a minute
07:00from now
07:01the velocity
07:03of the spacecraft
07:03will reach
07:04about 13,500 miles
07:13an hour
07:14again
07:14all of those
07:15performance callouts
07:16that you're hearing
07:16those are being reported
07:17by the engineers
07:18at the blockhouse
07:20in Baikonur
07:21after orbital insertion
07:23the command
07:24will officially be
07:24transitioned
07:25to the Russian
07:26Mission Control Center
07:27in Koryov
07:27right outside of Moscow
07:31copy
07:33KOM has gotten worse
07:34I don't hear you
07:36well enough
07:36I copy
07:42we are now
07:43seven and a half minutes
07:44in following
07:45the liftoff
07:46of the Soyuz
07:462.1A booster
07:47again that liftoff
07:48taking place
07:49at 9.47 a.m.
07:51central time
07:5210.47 a.m.
07:53eastern time
07:55the performance
07:56of the vehicle
07:57continuing to proceed
07:58as expected
07:59and we are now
08:01under a minute away
08:02from that third stage
08:03shutdown
08:03quickly followed
08:05by third stage
08:06separation
08:14once the third stage
08:15delivers the Soyuz
08:16to orbit
08:17and the module
08:17is separated
08:18a series of
08:19pre-programmed commands
08:20will be executed
08:21to prepare
08:22these Soyuz
08:22for orbital operations
08:24these stored commands
08:27called time-tagged commands
08:28allow many of the Soyuz' systems
08:30to be automatically activated
08:31by onboard computers
08:33at precise times
08:34stored in those computers
08:39500
08:40the flight is going well
08:43we are about 15 seconds away
08:46from that third stage
08:48cutoff and separation
08:50right now about 8 minutes
08:52and 40 seconds
08:53into today's flight
08:54into today's flight
08:56get ready for separation
09:03and we have confirmation
09:05of preliminary separation
09:06of that third stage
09:09530
09:13and there you can see it
09:15falling away
09:15on the upper portion
09:16of your screen
09:17so again
09:18that third stage
09:19cutoff and separation
09:20taking place
09:21about 8 minutes
09:22and 50 seconds
09:23into today's flight
09:24and we have confirmation
09:26that the Soyuz
09:27MS-29 spacecraft
09:28has been officially
09:29inserted into orbit
09:31so the Soyuz capsule
