
Assembly of Soyuz-5 Rocket Completed at Baikonur
An in-depth testing program is being conducted at the launch complex

An in-depth testing program is being conducted at the launch complex

The exact launch date will be determined after testing

RD-171MV worked the required 160 seconds

The rocket launch is planned for December, but the exact date will be announced later

Ars Technica's space reviewer Berger: The Soyuz-5 launch vehicle is an enlarged copy of the older Zenit-2 rocket, produced at the Ukrainian Yuzhmash plant

The launch will take place from the "Baiterek" complex at the "Baikonur" cosmodrome

Russia and Kazakhstan are preparing for the first joint launch from the new launch complex at Baikonur

The first three launches in 2025, 2026, and 2027 will be without a payload

The Kazakh-Russian project will begin test launches in 2025-2027, with commercial launches scheduled to start in 2028

Launch vehicle to arrive in Kazakhstan in late October

Russian developments in the field of cosmonautics are presented at the international exhibition of aviation and space technology

"Closed Space": it is more economically profitable to launch Angara-A3

Full-scale operation is scheduled to begin in 2028 after test launches in 2025

Experts have begun cold and hot tests of a prototype

The first launch was postponed from December 2026