July 2, 2019

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.

For further pre-launch operations the mobile service truss was moved on the launch pad.

According to the schedule, autonomous inspections of launch vehicle systems, upper stage and “Meteor-M” № 2-2 spacecraft, as well as general tests, are planned.

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.

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