Baikonur ready for 1st space launch in 2016 (PHOTOS)

BAIKONUR. KAZINFORM The preparations for the first in 2016 space launch are coming to end at Baikonur.

photo: QAZINFORM

As the press service of the Khrunichyov State Space Research and Production Centre says, Proton-M carrier rocket with Eutelsat-9B satellite onboard was taken off from assembly and testing facility and delivered to the launch site 200 of the Baikonur space port.

The Proton-M carrier with Eutelsat-9B onboard will lift off from the launch site 200 at Baikonur space port January 30, 2016 at 04:20 a.m. Astana time.

This will be Roscosmos’ 1st space launch in 2016.