On March 31, the Soyuz-5 rocket with a mock-up payload was transported along the cosmodrome railway line from the installation and testing building of site 42 and installed in the launcher of site 45 in a vertical position. For almost a month, general tests of the ground complex and the new rocket took place at the Baiterek launch complex.
The first test launch was carried out along a suborbital trajectory without launching a mock-up payload into low-Earth orbit. The main purpose of the launch is to check the operation of the launch complex equipment, engines and launch vehicle systems, and software.
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The Baiterek space rocket complex (SRC) is a joint project of Kazakhstan and Russia to create a ground-based space structure at the Baikonur complex for space launches on a rocket with environmentally friendly fuel components.
Earlier it was reported that the night sky over Almaty and Bishkek illuminated the launch from Baikonur.
