MOSCOW. Aug 7 (Interfax) - The first lunar mission in the history of modern Russia, Luna 25, is scheduled to launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on August 11, Roscosmos said on Monday.
"A Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle coupled with a Fregat upper stage and the Lunar 25 automated spacecraft is due to take off at 2:10:57 a.m. MSK on August 11," Roscosmos said.
Roscosmos specialists assembled the Soyuz-2.1b rocket and the Luna 25 automated spacecraft at Vostochny on Monday, it said.
"A state commission has permitted transportation and installation of the rocket at Launch Site 1C on August 8," Roscosmos said.