"The launch of the Soyuz-ST-A rocket with the Fregat-M upper stage and the CSO-2 satellite from Kuru is scheduled for December 28," RIA Novosti quotes its source in the rocket and space industry.
It is noted that the initial launch of CSO-2 was scheduled for April, but was postponed, including due to the situation with the coronavirus.
Earlier, Sergei Prokhorov, director of the department for promising programs and the Sphere project of the Roscosmos state corporation, in an interview with the Russian Space magazine, said that the first launches of satellites in the high-orbit segment of the Sphere program could begin in 2024.