In accordance with a comprehensive schedule of work on the Baikonur spacecraft, the preparation of ONEWEB spacecraft continues. On Friday, September 3, 2021, in the installation and test case.
The next day, September 4, after the successful completion of electrical inspections, technological operations for the head of the head fairing were performed. Specialists of subsidiaries of the State Corporation “Roskosmos” took part in these works: South Space Center (branch of the Center for Objects of Ground Space Infrastructure), a scientific and production association. S.A. Lavochkin and Rocket and Space Center “Progress”. The next stage of preparation is the implementation of concluding measures before transporting the space head of the part to the installation and test case of the site number 31.
Start of the “Soyuz-2.1b” carrier launch vehicle with an overclocking unit “Frigate” and 34 satellite spacecraft of the OneWeb satellite company is scheduled for September 14, 2021 from the starting complex “East” Baikonur cosmodrome.