Soyuz launch facility

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

The first Soyuz for launch from the Spaceport has been assembled with in the MIK. The vehicle will then be transferred to the launch pad in the horizontal position on a rail-mounted erector (left). At the pad, the erector will raise the Soyuz into the upright position.