Russian President Vladimir Putin together with Chairman of the State Council of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un inspected the launch pad of the Soyuz-2 spacecraft at the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
The two leaders visited the assembly and test building and learned about the technical characteristics of launch vehicles. Putin noted that Russia continues to use the Baikonur Cosmodrome along with Vostochny and the northern Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
Kim was interested in the characteristics of the rockets, including the power of the engines. He was told that the rocket's payload capacity to low orbits is nine tons from Vostochny, 7.5 tons from the northern cosmodrome and eight tons from Baikonur.
The DPRK leader is visiting Russia for the first time since 2019 at the invitation of President Putin, he arrived in Russia on his famous armored train. Kim was accompanied on the trip by DPRK Foreign Minister Choi Seong-hee, his sister Kim Yo Jong - the deputy director of the Publicity and Information Department of the Workers' Party of Korea, and other top officials.
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