OREANDA-NEWS. March 4, 2009. Baikonur`s Oxygen Nitrogen Plant is prepared for comissioning next week. Today the experts began tests and checkout of the equipment.

The plant is to produce cryogenic propellant components- oxygen and nitrogen, rocket propellant components, also used for rocket tank and communication line cooling.

The space port will consume more oxygen and nitrogen, since the number of launches from Baikonur increased.