On January 23, 2018, the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle space head was assembled at the Vostochny cosmodrome. In the assembly and test case of the spacecraft, the head fairing was rolled onto the Fregat upper stage unit with the Kanopus-V spacecraft No. 3 and No. 4 and satellite payloads.
The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the Russian Earth remote sensing and emergency monitoring satellite Kanopus-V No. 3 and No. 4 is scheduled for February 1, 2018. This will be the third launch from the EAST spaceport.