The Baikonur cosmodrome according to the comprehensive schedule continues the preparation of the head fairing on the program of launching spacecraft of the Satellite company OneWeb No. 36. These works are carried out in the installation and test case No. 112.
At the moment, the head fairing is fully assembled, the initial state of the valves is performed. The next stage of technological events is its movement to the gateway chamber.
Specialists of the South Sports Center (branch of the center of exploitation of land space infrastructure) and a branch of the Progress Rocket and Space Center (Roskosmos State Corporation) are taking part in the works.
Start of the Soyuz-2.1b media missile with an overclocking unit “Frigate” and 34 ONEWEB spacecraft is scheduled for the evening of September 14, 2021. OneWeb satellites are designed to create a space communication system providing high-speed Internet access anywhere in the planet.