Vostochny Cosmodrome

April 27th Vostochny Cosmodrome first launch from Russia's new spaceport a success of a unmanned Soyuz 2.1a rocket.

The cosmodrome "East" started preparing the launch vehicle "Soyuz" for the first launch . In the near future on the East begin construction of a second launch pad for the family has rockets "Angara" . That "Angara" will lead from here into orbit and a new manned spacecraft , which has received the name - "Federation" (федерация in Russian). They will start with a new cosmodrome to open a new page of Russian cosmonautics .

East - NOTE this is in Russian - 22 Jan 2016

Vostochny Launch Pad