Roscosmos, archive. Preparation and launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with OneWeb satellites (2021)

Baikonur, Yuzhny Shopping center.

MIC (assembly and testing building), workshop, combat crew on formation, the commander reads the assignment.

General assembly of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle.

Moving the rocket stages using a crane.

The step is lowered onto the installer.

The head fairing lies on the installer.

The fairing is lifted and moved around the shop by a crane.

Assembly, connection of rocket parts.

The rocket is hanging over the installer.

MIC, workshop, combat crew, briefing.

Removal of the launch vehicle from the MIC and delivery to the launch pad (shooting on the ground and from the copter).

Rocket verticalization; flags are flying in the wind (shooting on the ground and from a copter).

Reduction of trusses (service columns); head fairing in a thermal jacket.

View of the launch pad, shooting from a copter.

Launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with OneWeb space satellites, night, general long-range plan.

Launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with OneWeb space satellites, night, general long-range plan.

Launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with OneWeb space satellites, night.

The rocket goes up.

The trail of a rocket in the night sky.