“We are starting (building) this year and will finish it in the 23rd year,” TASS quoted Tatyana Andreeva-Yanskaya, executive director for capital construction and technical re-equipment of the industry.

Earlier, the head of Roskosmos Dmitry Rogozin spoke about the importance of the Vostochny spaceport.

Roscosmos reported that Russia plans to launch more than 40 space rockets in 2020.