Roscosmos will continue to carry out commercial launches from the cosmodrome
VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME /Amur Region/, October 14. /tass/. In 2022, Roscosmos will continue to carry out commercial launches from the Vostochny cosmodrome, their number will be the same as in 2021 - about five. This was announced to journalists on Thursday by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
"By [the cosmodrome] Vostochny in 2022 is about the same - the same number of launches [as in 2021]. We are actively conducting a program for a commercial customer, whom you know and, most importantly, we will have such an important launch for the entire industry - in the summer, the Luna-25 mission will be carried out in a convenient ballistic window," Rogozin said.
In 2021, five Soyuz-2.1b rockets were launched from Vostochny - on March 25, April 26, May 28, July 1 and October 14. This is a record number of launches during the year since the launch of the cosmodrome.
Vostochny is the first Russian civilian cosmodrome, it is located in the Amur region near the city of Tsiolkovsky (it appeared in 2015 on the site of the former village of Uglegorsk). The decree on the creation of the cosmodrome was signed by the President of the Russian Federation in 2007. As part of the first stage of construction in 2012-2016, a universal launch complex for Soyuz-2 series launch vehicles was built here. The second stage of the construction of the cosmodrome involves the construction of a launch pad for Angara-A5 launch vehicles and related infrastructure. It is assumed that the construction of the second stage will be completed at the end of 2022.
