VOSTOCHNY SPACEPORT /Amur Region/, December 16. /TASS/. Preparatory works for construction of the launch complex for a super-heavy carrier rocket at the Vostochny Cosmodrome will start in 2022, according to the presentation of Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin presented at a press conference at the cosmodrome on Monday.
It is planned to employ from 1,900 to 4,900 people in the construction, the presentation said.
The assembly and testing facilities and pallet warehouse for the super-heavy rocket will be constructed in 2027, according to the presentation.
Rogozin earlier said the Yenisei new super heavy-lift launch vehicle would be assembled using the principle of a technological building kit where each part of the launcher should be an independent flight element. Under the designers’ plans, the rocket is intended to deliver more than 70 tonnes of cargo into the low near-Earth orbit during the first stage.
Under Russia’s federal targeted program, the first launch of the Yenisei super heavy-lift launch vehicle is due to take place in 2028. Russia will build the launch pad for the heavy-lift launch vehicle at the Vostochny spaceport in the Russian Far East. Russia intends to use the new rocket for missions to the Moon, including the landing of Russian cosmonauts on the surface of the Earth’s natural satellite. In Roscosmos’ estimates, the Yenisei will be able to deliver a 27-tonne payload to the Moon’s orbit.