It became known that the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle, which for the first time in several decades changed its color scheme from gray-orange to white-blue, was successfully installed at the launch site of the Baikonur cosmodrome. The rocket is to be launched on March 20. This was reported by the RIA Novosti news agency with reference to data from the state corporation Roscosmos.

«At 05:30 Moscow time, the removal of the space rocket began: the train left the premises of the assembly and test building of site number 31. Then it was delivered to the launch pad and installed“, – said in the message of” Roskosmos “.

According to available data, on the morning of March 20, a meeting of the state commission will be held, within the framework of which a decision will be made on refueling the rocket and the exact time of launch. The preliminary launch of the launch vehicle is scheduled for 09:07 Moscow time.

As for the purpose of the flight, it consists in putting several satellites into orbit. We are talking about South Korean vehicles CAS500-1, KMSL, Japanese satellites ELSA-d, GRUS, NAJM-1, etc. At the same time, Russian satellites NRU HSE-DZZ, Sirius-DZZ and OrbiKraft will be delivered to outer space – Sharp-sighted “. In this case, the main payload is the CAS500-1 apparatus, designed to create high-resolution electro-optical images. It is worth noting that this space launch will be the first for Glavkosmos Launch Services, authorized by Roscosmos to conclude contracts for the delivery of satellites into space using Soyuz-2 rockets launched from Russian cosmodromes.