At the Baikonur cosmodrome, continues work on preparations for the launch of the Proton-M carrier rocket with the Briz-M upper…

On July 16, 1965, the first scientific station, Proton-1, was launched to conduct research in the field of nuclear and space physics.

The first launch in six years of the new-generation navigation satellite Glonass-K from the Plesetsk cosmodrome is scheduled for August. "The satellite’s delivery to the spaceport is scheduled for July, and its launch is scheduled for August 6," the agency’s source said.

The launch of Angara-A5 heavy booster preliminary planned for November 03 according to the source. Angara is a series of ecologically friendly rockets of various classes. It includes Angara-1.2 light boosters, Angara-A3 medium boosters, Angara –A5 heavy boosters, modernized Angara-A5M boosters and Angara-A5V boosters of increased carrying capacity.

Based on the analysis of the measurement information of the automated system for warning of dangerous situations in near-Earth space, the destruction of the dumped block of tanks of the "Fregat-SB" upper stage, which was used on July 18, 2011 when the Russian astrophysical observatory "Spektr-R" was launched, was confirmed.

The "Soyuz-2.1b" launch vehicle with the "Fregat" upper stage and 34 satellites of the OneWeb communications system was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on March 21, 2020 at 20:06 (Moscow time).

On February 07 at 00.42 (Moscow time) "Soyuz-2.1b" rocketr with OneWeb telecommunication satellites was successfully launched from Baikonur.

Today, on December 18, 2019, at 11:54 (Moscow time) from the launch pad of the Guiana Space Center, the "Soyuz-ST-A" launch vehicle with the "Fregat-M" upper stage and the COSMO-SG and CHEOPS European satellites and with three commercial satellites was successfully launched.

On November 25, 2019, at 20:52 (Moscow time) from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk Region was launched the "Soyuz 2.1v" light carrier rocket (developed in the RSC "Progress", part of Roscosmos State Corporation) with a spacecraft, designed in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The "Proton-M" launch vehicle, intended for launching the EUTELSAT 5 West B and MEV-1 satellites, was delivered from the Khrunichev Space Center (part of the State Corporation "Roscosmos") to the Baikonur cosmodrome.