Soyuz railway infrastructure

Construction of the new Soyuz launch facility at the Guiana Space Centre (Centre Spatial Guyanais – CSG), Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.

The railway infrastructure that supports Soyuz operations on the launch pad. In the foreground is a straight section of track that leads to the launcher assembly and testing building (монтажно-испытательный корпус; montazhno-ispytatelniy korpus – MIK), which will be used for the rollout of Soyuz launch vehicles on their transporter/erector. The curved portion of track (visible coming from the right) will be used for a railway tanker that brings kerosene propellant for fuelling of the four Soyuz boosters and Block A core stage. An additional load of kerosene that is maintained at a lower temperature will be delivered by truck for fueling of the Soyuz Block I third stage.