On the Baikonur cosmodrome successfully completed the refueling of the overtaking block “frigate” with fuel and compressed gases. The work was carried out by experts from the center of testing complexes of refueling space center “South” (a branch of the center of exploitation of ground-based space infrastructure facilities is included in the state corporation “Roscosmos”).
Technological operations for refueling continued seven days at the filling station of the site No. 31. Currently, the “frigate” is transported to the installation and test case No. 112 for the passage of final operations before assembling the cosmic head (ONEWEB devices, an accelerated block, a head fairing ).
Start of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier missile with 34 ONEWEB spacecraft is scheduled for August 20, 2021 from the starting complex “East” of the Baikonur cosmodrome.
Overclocking block “Frigate” Production of the S. A. Lavochkin Scientific Production Association (enters Roscosmos) ensures the effective implementation of all tasks to remove one or more satellites on working orbits or flying from the land of the trajectory. The entire removal process is carried out autonomously, the control algorithm is able to overcome abnormal situations. The highest reliability and almost the ideal accuracy of excretion provide an accelerated block of indisputable competitive advantages in the global start-up market.