The Baikonur cosmodrome continues on the preparation of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier missile to launch 36 new ONEWEB spacecraft within the mission number 38. The “package” assembly (first and first and The second stage) Rocket “Union-2.1b”.
The next step will be autonomous testing of rocket control systems and measurement systems. All the works performed by the South Space Center specialists (a branch of the center of exploitation of ground-based space infrastructure facilities is included in the state corporation “Roskosmos”) on the technical and starting complexes, are conducted on schedule.
Start of the Soyuz-2.1b media missile with an overclocking unit “Frigate” and 36 ONEWEB spacecraft scheduled for March 5, 2022 at 01:41:02 Moscow time from the 31st platform of the Baikonur cosmodrome. The satellites will be displayed in orbit with a height of 450 km, after which they are independently made in orbit with a height of 1200 km. To date, Russian missiles of the Soyuz-2 family are bred in orbit 428 satellites of OneWeb.