Cosmonautics. The Center of space on Earth (2014)

When another rocket launches into space, people see only a small part of the work of the CENKI specialists on TV. Delivery to the cosmodrome, preparation for launch, telemetry and communication, selection of routes and fall fields of the separating parts of the rocket, environmental safety and broadcasting - all this is the work of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (CENKI), which is 20 years old.

Vladimir Gulko, a leading engineer for the launch vehicle control system, Igor Sameyko, Deputy head of the Soyuz Launch Vehicle Preparation and Launch Department, and Yuri Chichkalo, Deputy head of the Operational Department of the CENKI, tell about the subtleties of their work.

The head of Roscosmos, Oleg Ostapenko, talks about the Vostochny cosmodrome.