Overview
- Roscosmos says the full set of spare components for Site 31’s service cabin has arrived at Baikonur, with 18 trucks delivering the hardware.
- More than 130 personnel are working in shifts from 8 a.m. to midnight as assembly and priming progress at the launch complex.
- Testing is planned once the new service cabin is installed, according to the agency’s outlined repair sequence.
- The damage was discovered after the successful Nov. 27 Soyuz‑2.1a launch that carried two Roscosmos cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut to the ISS.
- Site 31 is currently the only Baikonur pad configured for crewed Soyuz and cargo Progress flights, and outside experts have warned repairs could take much longer, underscoring schedule risk.