Baikonur specialists preparing first launch in 2020

Baikonur. January 9. KazTAG - The specialists of Baikonur cosmodrome have started preparation of the first launch in 2020.
"The experts of Yuzhniy space center, Progress space center and representatives of foreign companies have started preparation for the launch of Soyuz-2.1 B with OneWeb space vehicles of global satellite internet," said a source in the cosmodrome.
The launch of Soyuz-2.1B with 34 satellites OneWeb is scheduled on February 9.
In addition two more clusters with OneWeb space vehicles will be launched in February and March.
Proton-M with Russian communication satellites Express-80 and Express-103 will be launched on March 30.
Totally 18 launches of rocket-carriers are scheduled for 2020.

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