Catholic Christmas will be celebrated at the cosmodrome East missile launch – Fund “Russian World”

Launch vehicle “Soyuz-2.1a” will be launched from the Baikonur East December 25, 2015, according to TASS.

According to a source in the space industry launch date may be adjusted in one or the other way.
   

Let us recall the construction of the spaceport in the Amur Region East, near the closed city Uglegorsk, began in mid-2012. In 2018 it should start with a manned launch. Spaceport will solve the problem of perspective manned space flight program, is launched unmanned spacecraft for various purposes by the state, international and commercial programs.
   

In January 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Russian Space Agency to give priority to compliance with the period of construction of the cosmodrome East and preparation starts with this site.
   

During the test, the construction of the cosmodrome in February 2014 Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said poor organization of the process and the lack of builders.