“Specialists of the TsENKI FSUE branch - Vostochny CC, together with the Progress RCC, have begun preparing the components of Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicles,” RIA Novosti quotes a message from the Center for Operation of Terrestrial Space Infrastructure Facilities.
Work began on opening containers with rocket blocks and removing the seal from the blocks.
After completing electrical checks on single blocks, the assembly of the rocket package will begin.
On December 16, the first batch of satellites of the British company OneWeb was delivered to the Baikonur Cosmodrome.