Preparations for the final launches in 2014 are under way at Baikonur. Today, on December 2014, rocket and space industry specialists rolled out two boosters to the launching pads of the spaceport.

On December 23, 2014 at 08.57, Moscow time, The first Angara-A5 heavy booster was successfully launched from Plesetsk spaceport. It means that now Russia has a new up-to-date ecologically friendly heavy booster, - Roscosmos Head Oleg Ostapenko stated.

Russian Soyuz-ST booster with Fregat-MT upper stage and four European 03b satellites to provide internet communication for the distant parts of the world was successfully launched from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.

Cosmonaut candidate Anna Kikina gained test cosmonaut qualification, - Roscosmos reports.

NPO Energomash concluded with American Corporation Orbital Science a contract for delivery of RD-181 engines to be used for the first stage of Antares rocket from 2015.

Two Russian satellites Lomonosov and Aist will be delivered to Vostochny spaceport in June-July 2015, - Roscosmos Head Oleg Ostapenko stated.

Russian Rocket and Space Corporation Energia together with two American companies Lockheed Martin and Boeing adjusts the newest American Orion manned spacecraft for the docking with Russian space devices.

On Monday Soyuz-ST booster was rolled-out to the launchpad of Kurou spaceport, - Roscosmos press-office reports.

The launch of RS-20 booster with Condor-E №2 satellite from Baikonur spaceport is scheduled for December 18, - Roscosmos spokesman reports.

Proton-M booster with Yamal-401 space device belonging to Russian telecommunication operator Gazprom Space Systems was successfully launched from Baikonur spaceport on December 15, 2014.