Baïkonour: le pad 31 va être opérationnel pour les vols habités

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Actuellement seul le pad "Gagarine" est opérationnel pour les lancements habités. D'ici la fin de l'année le pad dit "Progress" (31) sera en mesure d'assurer aussi les lancements habités ce qui constituera un back up en cas d'un problème survenant sur le pad Gagarine.

Baikonur launch site to prepare a spare
:: 04/06/2011

Russia at the end of the year will prepare a backup launch facility at Baikonur for the launch manned spacecraft to the International Space Station, said the head of Federal Space Agency Anatoly Perminov.
"For two years we were preparing the 31 th site to the end of the year to be ready to perform with her launch manned spacecraft," - he told reporters at Baikonur.
Before this all starts manned Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS program, implemented with the Gagarin launch pad on the 1 st floor spaceport.
According to Anatoly Perminov, the backup start to instill confidence in the performance of manned program in the event of malfunctions or other surprises.

Interfax

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