MOSCOW, March 28. /TASS/. The Resurs-P Earth remote sensing satellite is scheduled to be launched on March 31, the Russian space corporation Roscosmos said.

"The launch of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier vehicle with the Resurs-P No. 4 spacecraft is planned on March 1 at 12:36:45 p.m. Moscow time [09;36 a.m. UTC]," the corporation said.

Roscosmos specialists completed the general assembly of the carrier vehicle and the satellite at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, it noted. The state commission authorized then rocket delivery and placement at the launch site on March 29.