On Wednesday, April 7, 2021, a solemn ceremony of the opening of the monument was held on the Baikonur ceremony, Proton-M carrier. The layout was made and installed by the branch of the South Space Center (branch of the center of exploitation of ground-based space infrastructure, is part of the state corporation “Roskosmos”). The opening date is chosen not accidentally, because it was April 7, 2001 the first launch of the Proton-M missile was held.
Solemn speech said Cener General Director Ruslan Muhamedzhanov, he handed the honorary diplomas with distinguished branch staff on Baikonur. After that, the symbolic cut of the red ribbon took place. It was also attended by the director of the Sports Center “South” Valinur Agishev, Deputy General Director of the GKNPC named after M.V. Khrunichev (enters the perimeter of Roskosmos State Corporation) Roman Khokhlov and the head of the working group on the manufacture of the layout of the Proton-M Maid-M layout Ivan Kozlov.
The monument was installed at the entrance to the cosmodrome, so that anyone could visit it. Therefore, residents of the city took an active part in the event, so vocal teams prepared musical numbers, and students of the International Space School named after Academician V.N. Chelomay has launched missiles collected by their own hands.