At the Baikonur Cosmodrome, a meeting of the State Commission for flight tests of crewed space complexes took place to review the works at the Vostok launch complex with the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle and the Progress MS-16 cargo spacecraft.
After hearing all the reports, the State Commission cleared the Soyuz-2.1a/Progress MS-16 space rocket for filling and launch, which will take place on February 15, 2021, at 03:45:06 UTC. According to the prelaunch work schedule at 01:10 UTC, the launching teams of Roscosmos organizations began to filling the rocket. Filling, undocking of the filling hoses and evacuation of the filling units from the launchpad is expected at about 03:15 UTC.
Live broadcast of the launch will be available at Roscosmos website and in social media starting at 03:55 UTC.
News, communication sessions with Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov currently awaiting the arrival of the cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, interviews with Russian rocket and space industry experts.