Ekaterinburg. September 15. INTERFAX-Tests of the control systems of the new Soyuz-5 launch vehicle will begin simultaneously with the flight tests of the rocket itself, which are scheduled for December 2023, the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said
"Real flight tests of all the control systems that are on the Soyuz-5 will begin when the flight tests of the rocket itself begin. This is December 2023, " Rogozin told reporters on Wednesday, answering a question from Interfax.
"We hope that by the end of September, a contract will be signed between our center for the operation of ground-space infrastructure and a Kazakh construction company, the modernization of the launch complex will begin, I call the directors every day to complete all these pre-contract procedures. This will be, in fact, the launch complex for Soyuz-5, "Rogozin said.
In April, the general director of NPO Avtomatiki, Andrey Misyura, announced that tests of the control system for the new Soyuz-5 launch vehicle will begin in 2021.