“According to preliminary plans, the modernization (“ Gagarinsky launch. ”- RT ) will begin in 2020 and will last until 2023,” RIA Novosti reports.

It is noted that in order to launch Soyuz-2 rockets with a digital control system from the "Gagarin launch", it is necessary to replace the analogue controls in the ground equipment, which are used during missile checks and launches, with computer equipment.

Earlier it was reported that the Proton-M launch vehicle with a military satellite launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.