Roskosmos continues preparations for the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage and 36 OneWeb spacecraft on board.
The state corporation invites everyone to watch the live broadcast of the event. Is the launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome scheduled for April 26, 2021 at 01:14? by Moscow time. The broadcast will begin at 00:30 and end at 01:30 Moscow time.
In the meantime, preparations for launch do not stop even on weekends. Today, specialists from Roskosmos subsidiaries are to pour over the filling system with highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide and cool the fuel.
The launch crew of the cosmodrome took their jobs already at 02:50 Moscow time (08:50 local time) and started checking the initial state. At 03:00 Moscow time, the cooling of the fuel began, then the dosage of highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide in the boilers. At 04:00 Moscow time, Roscosmos specialists monitored the initial state and charge of the batteries of the OneWeb satellites.
At 06:00 Moscow time, the pouring of the refueling system with highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide began, then – the attachment of the refueling hoses to the space rocket and the final operations at the launch complex itself.
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