On Tuesday, October 12, 2021, on the East Cosmodrome in the Amur Region, specialists of the Roskosmos State Corporation began work on the program of the second starting day as part of the launch of ONEWEB spacecraft № 49. The on the eve of the export of Soyuz-2.1B rocket / Frigate / OneWeb on the starting complex “Soyuz” and then hit the mobile service tower.
On Tuesday, preparation for the launch, which is scheduled for October 14, is actively continuing. At 02:00 Moscow time (08:00 on the local), the cosmodrome specialists took jobs and began checking the initial state. At the moment, the “Taris” mode was carried out, the initial state was monitored and the charge of spacecraft batteries, as well as the control set of startup readiness of the Frigate acceleration unit, developed by the Scientific and Production Association of S.A. Lavochkina (enters the state corporation “Roscosmos”).
In the afternoon, complex, and then general tests, within which the carrier rocket flight is simulated to the separation of the head unit on the target orbit. At the next stage of preparation, there is an analysis of telemetry information and final operations on the starting complex.
On the starting complex for the Soyuz-2 carrier missiles, the Eastern cosmodrome is equipped with a stationary refueling system and an automated technological equipment management system. For the first time in the history of Russian cosmonautics, a mobile serving tower of 1,600 tons and a height of 52 meters is used. With it, it is carried out on the preparation for the start in the most difficult climatic conditions. Head developer of the starting complex – Research Institute of Starting Complex names named after V.P. Barmina (branch of the center of operation of objects of ground-based space infrastructure, is included in Roscosmos).