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

Materials for a news story.

Baikonur, Yuzhny Shopping Center, correspondent Anna Samoylenko records a report against the background of the launch complex with a rocket, talks about the upcoming launch of space satellites of the OneWeb series.

Unloading containers with satellites from the aircraft.

MIC (assembly and testing building), workshop, assembly of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle.

Site 112, finishing zone, combining 36 satellites into a cluster ("corn").

Installing the cluster on the Fregat upper stage.

Knurling of the head fairing.

Rocket assembly.

Anna Samoylenko on the background of the launch complex.

Launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle (cutting of large, general, long-range plans).

MIC, workshop, combat crew on formation, briefing.

Night, the removal of the rocket from the gate of the MIC.

Night and early morning, delivery of the rocket to the launch pad.

Rocket verticalization, different plans (shooting on the site, in the launcher and from the copter).

Mixing farms, a rocket on the launch pad (shooting on the site and from the copter).