August 29, 2013
Categories: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Satellites
“Zenit” Booster Rolled out to the Launchpad

Today morning Zenit-2SB booster with Amos-4 telecommunication satellite was rolled out to the  45 launchpad of Baikonur spaceport.

The booster was vertically installed on the launchpad, aboveground equipment docked to it. Roscosmos specialists already got down to work in accordance with the first launching day schedule.

The launch of Amos-4 space device is scheduled for September 1, 00.05 Moscow time.

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