At the Baikonur cosmodrome the crews of the "Soyuz MS-13" spacecraft are preparing for the upcoming launch The launch of the "Soyuz-FG" launch vehicle with the "Soyuz MS-13" spacecraft is scheduled for July 20, 2019 from the site № 1 of the Baikonur cosmodrome.

On July 10, 2019, at 20:14 (Moscow time), from the State Test cosmodrome "Plesetsk" in the Arkhangelsk region by the crew of Russian Space Forces was performed a launch of "Soyuz-2.1b" launch vechile with a block of four satellites in the interests of the Russian Defense Ministry.

Today, on July 10, 2019, the specialists of the RSC "Energia" (part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) completed a set of technological operations to assembly the "Soyuz MS-13" spacecraft with a transfer launch of the launch vehicle . The launch of the "Soyuz-FG" rocket with the "Soyuz MS-13" spacecraft is scheduled for July 20, 2019 from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

At the Baikonur cosmodrome, specialists from the RSC "Energia" and other Roscosmos enterprises completed refueling operations on the "Soyuz MS-13" spacecraft with fuel components and compressed gases. The launch of the "Soyuz-FG" launch vehicle with the "Soyuz MS-13" spacecraft is scheduled for July 20, 2019 from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

Today, on July 6, 2019, in front of the Cosmonaut Hotel (site № 17 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome), a ceremony was held to raise the flags of countries, participating in the launch of the "Soyuz MS-13" spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch of the "Soyuz-FG" launch vehicle with the "Soyuz MS-13" spacecraft is scheduled for July 20, 2019 from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

A "Soyuz-2.1b" rocket with "Meteor-M" № 2-2 meteorological satellite and 32 small satellites was launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome. The launch took place at 8:42 (Moscow time).

Today, on July 4, 2019, in the GCTC took place the farewell ceremony of of the main and backup crews of the ISS-60/61 , departing to the Baikonur cosmodrome to continue the pre-flight preparation. After the press-talk with media, the bus with the crews went to the Chkalovsky airfield near Moscow, from where they flew to Kazakhstan by two special airplanes to complete the final stage of the pre-launch preparation.

This morning, on July 2, 2019, the "Soyuz-2.1b" launch vehicle was rolled out from the technical to the launch complex of the Vostochny cosmodrome and installed in the launch pad. The launch of the "Soyuz-2.1b" launch vehicle with the "Fregat" upper stage, the Russian meteorological spacecraft "Meteor-M" № 2-2 and other associated satellites is scheduled at 08:41 (Moscow time) on July 5, 2019.

Today, on July 1, 2019, specialists from Roskosmos enterprises completed the general assembly of the "Soyuz-2.1b" rocket in the Assembly and Testing building of the Vostochny cosmodrome. The launch of the "Soyuz-2.1b" launch vehicle with the "Fregat" upper stage, the Russian meteorological spacecraft "Meteor-M" № 2-2 and other associated satellites is scheduled at 08:41 (Moscow time) on July 5, 2019.

At the Baikonur cosmodrome intensive works continues on the upcoming launches of spacecrafts to the International Space Station (ISS), which are scheduled before the end of this summer. In the Assembly and Testing building of the launch vehicles the mechanical assembly of the “package” (first and second stages parts) of the "Soyuz-FG" launch vehicle was completed. In parallel, the next spaceship "Soyuz MS-14" is being prepared for launch.