The airport, which is under construction next to the Vostochny Cosmodrome, will be equipped with a runway for all types of aircraft and even for reusable reusable rockets. This was announced on September 4 by the general manager of Roscosmos. Dmitry Rogozin.
On the air of the YouTube channel Soloviev Live Rogozin said that the runway of the new airfield will be 4,400 meters long. In particular, it will be able to land cargo planes with heavy spacecraft, which will be launched by Angara rockets.
Rogozin added that the new runway should be operational by 2023. At the premiere stage of construction, its length will reach 3 kilometers to 250 meters.
Earlier on Saturday, Rogozin announced the timeline for the launch of the Union. from the Kuru Cosmodrome. According to him, Roskosmos plans to conduct two more Russian Soyuz rocket launches from the French Guiana Cosmodrome by the end of this year. -six years.