MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 21st April, 2019) The first liftoff of Russia's new Soyuz-5 medium-lift launch vehicle, set to replace Ukrainian-made Zenit launcher, from the Baikonur space center is scheduled for the second half of 2022, the press service of the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos told Sputnik on Sunday.
"The second half of 2022," a representative of the press service told Sputnik, when asked about the date of the launch.
Meanwhile, a source in the rocket and space sphere has told Sputnik that Soyuz-5's launch will take place in November 2022.
The development of Soyuz-5 started in 2016.
The two-stage Soyuz-5 launcher is expected to serve as the base of a Russian prospective super-heavy rocket. It is set to take to orbit Russia's new Federation spacecraft, designed to deliver up to four people and cargo to the Moon and space stations into low Earth orbits.
