Soyuz-2.1b medium booster with Glonass-K space device was installed on the launchpad of Plesetsk spaceport in accordance with the State commission decision, - Russian Ministry of Defence Aerospace Defence troops press-office representative colonel Alexey Zolotukhin reported.

The postponement of Proton-M booster launch with European Astra-2G space device won’t affect the launch of Proton-M with Yamal-401 telecommunication satellite planned for December 26.

Angara-5 heavy booster passed complex tests at the launchpad of Plesetsk spaceport, - Russian Ministry of Defence Aerospace Defence troops press-office representative colonel Alexey Zolotukhin reported.

Works for the next manned launch planned for March 27 started at Baikonur spaceport, - Roscosmos reports. By launching Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft from Baikonur on November 24 Roscosmos successfully finished manned launch program for 2014.

On November 24, 2014, 05:48 Moscow time, Soyuz TMA-15Mspacecraft launched from #31 launching pad of Baikonur spaceport on November 24, 00.01, Moscow time, successfully docked with the ISS Rassvet small research module

Baikonur spaceport saw traditional flag-raising ceremony symbolizing the beginning of final preflight preparations.

The first launch of new Russian Angara heavy booster from Plesetsk spaceport is scheduled for December 25.

At 14.00, Moscow time, GCTC TU-134 aircraft with main Soyuz tMA-15M spacecraft crew comprising crew commnder anton Shkaplerov ( Roscosmos), first flight engineer Samantha Christoforetti (ESA) and second flight engineer Terry Virts ( NASA) onboard landed at Krayniy airport.

On November 7, 2014, according to long-standing tradition ISS-42/43 main and back-up crews visited memorable places of Russian Cosmonautics .

Thirsday morning Strategic Missile Troops of Russia succesfully launched SS-18 Satan (Russian - РС-20Б) in frames of conversion program, representative of missile troops colonel Igor Egorov told jornalists.