Russia Targets Late February for Return of Baikonur Launchpad
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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000The Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, in April.Photographer: Joel Kowsky/Getty ImagesRussia is aiming for the damaged Baikonur Cosmodrome launchpad, its only site capable of sending crewed rockets to space, to be operational again by late February as restoration work intensifies.A full set of components for a new service cabin at the facility, located in Kazakhstan, has arrived at the site, Russia’s Roscosmos said Tuesday on Telegram. More than 130 specialists from the state corporation’s enterprises are working in two shifts from morning to midnight on a tightly controlled schedule.