OREANDA-NEWS. August 10, 2010. One more launch campaign began at Baikonur. On August 9, experts of Lavochkin R&D and TSENKI’s subsidiary Yuzhny Space Center accommodated the Fregat upper stage in the test bench in a clean room. The upper sate is to be used jointly with Soyuz-2-1A rocket to loft a cluster of six LEO communication satellites Globalstar. The launch is scheduled for October 19.

Pneumatic and autonomous electrical tests of Fregat are carried out today.