Russian Soyuz Launch Infrastructure Blown Up in French Guiana

The launch pad for the Russian Soyuz-CT rocket at the European Kourou spaceport in French Guiana has been dismantled using a controlled explosion. Footage of the demolition was published in a Telegram channel by space industry expert and former head of the press service of Roscosmos, Dmitry Strugovets. The mobile service tower, which reached a height of 52 meters, was demolished on Friday, April 24. Prior to that, spaceport personnel dismantled cable masts and truss structures used to position the rocket vertically before launch. The controlled destruction of the structure marks one of the final stages in the decommissioning of Russia's launch infrastructure at the European spaceport.