The first rocket "Soyuz-2.1a" will be sent to the Vostochny cosmodrome on September 6

Today it became known that on September 6, a rocket will leave Samara, which will go to the Eastern Cosmodrome. The delivery time of the rocket to the spaceport is 21 days. According to a source who reported this information, sending a rocket is a clear signal that the deadlines for launching the space center into operation can no longer be shifted.

Space launches are scheduled for December of this year. So, the Soyuz-2.1a rocket should put satellites such as Mikhail Lomonosov and Aist-2D into the calculated orbit.

As for the first satellite, the “Mikhailo Lomonosov” apparatus, it was created at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, and is intended to study extreme physical phenomena in the Earth’s atmosphere. This, for example, the formation of lightning. In addition, physical phenomena occurring in near-Earth space and deep space will be studied. The second satellite, Aist-2D, was developed by the Progress Rocket and Space Center and the Samara State Aerospace University. It was created to study the effect of the conditions of the space environment on aircraft created by man.
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As for the cosmodrome, the decree on its creation was signed in 2007. "Vostochny" was started to be built in 2012, and since then the time for putting the object into operation has been repeatedly shifted. The first launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome is scheduled for the end of 2015. The construction of the launch pad for Soyuz-2 is scheduled to be completed by November 30.