In 2018 from the cosmodrome “East” will launch “Soyuz” 60s – Teleport

As noted, the use of “Soyuz” somewhat at odds with those plans, which were set in 2007, when the decision to build a spaceport “East”.

According to the head of the press service of the United rocket and space Corporation (ACCD) Mikhail Fadeev, the exploitation of the launch complex will begin later this year, and three years later and held the launch of a manned spacecraft – it is scheduled for 2018. According to the head of Roscosmos Igor Komarov, after manned launches to the ISS will be transferred to the new launch site, the Baikonur will be used in minimal amounts. The press service of the Russian Space Agency BFM.ru reported that when deciding on the construction of the “Eastern” the following objectives: ensuring independent access to space from Russia across the full spectrum of space missions; guarantee the conservation of the domestic space infrastructure in case of emergencies; load redistribution spacecraft launch from Baikonur existing, Plesetsk, clear. By the way, today Russia pays Kazakhstan for rent cosmodrome “Baikonur” 115 million dollars a year.

Recall January 30, Dmitry Rogozin, flew in the Amur Region, in order to work together with the Governor Oleg Kozhemyako, director Spetsstroy Russian Alexander Volosov and the head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Igor Komarov to inspect projects under construction cosmodrome “East”. Today, construction is going on rapidly. Specialists work round the clock, trying to hurry to complete all construction work at the cosmodrome “East”. But the schedule they clearly do not fit, and be as much as several months.