On the night of March 16, 2021, from the State Space Research and Production Center named after M.V. Khrunichev (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation), blocks of two Proton-M launch vehicles, a Briz-M upper stage and a head fairing, designed to launch the Nauka module to the International Space Station and a relay satellite, were sent to the Baikonur cosmodrome “Luch-5x”.
All activities related to the dispatch of launch vehicles produced by the GKNPTs im. M.V. Khrunichev, passed without comment.
The transportation of rocket and space technology from the manufacturing plant of the Khrunichev Center is carried out to implement the launch programs of the State Corporation Roscosmos, the goals of which are to expand the functionality of the Russian segment of the ISS and to develop the Luch multifunctional space relay system.