The soyouz rockets (2.1a, 2.1b, 2.1v) which will fly from Vostochny will be equipped with on board video cameras to monitor stages separation. They will be also equipped with new power cells (cadmium/nickel) and a new on board computer (Malakit-7).
google translation from russian: 01/17/2014 On rockets "Soyuz" when starting with "East" to install video cameras
Rocket "Soyuz", which will run from the new Russian cosmodrome Vostochny, get onboard video surveillance system that will monitor the behavior of the rocket in flight, in particular, the separation of the stages, as well as new on-board computers and batteries, the press service of the Samara "TsSKB Progress ", which produces the missiles.
"This camera system will monitor the process at startup booster all powered flight in the first place - stage separation processes," - told RIA Novosti spokesman TsSKB.
google translation from russian: 01/17/2014 Top designers discuss readiness for the first launch from the cosmodrome "East"
January 16, 2014 in SRP "Samara Space Center" held a meeting of the Council of Chief Designers, during which they discussed issues of preparedness for the first launch from the cosmodrome "East" in 2015.
The meeting was chaired by the first deputy head of Roscosmos AN Ivanova, with specialized institutes FSUE "TsNIIMash" and FSUE SSC "Keldysh Research Center", as well as companies involved in the adaptation of a space rocket and the creation of space infrastructure. Board members reported on the amount of work performed, the existing technical difficulties and identified organizational measures that will perform the first launch from the cosmodrome "East" in 2015.
Deputy General Designer - Chief Designer of launch vehicles center "TsSKB Progress" DA Baranov said that "East" is supposed to run "Soyuz-2" versions a, b and c. The carrier will have some features related to adaptation to the new cosmodrome, in particular nickel-cadmium chemical current sources, a new on-board computer system "Malachite-7", onboard video surveillance system, and so on. DA Baranov said that the provision of the first launch from the cosmodrome "East" in 2015, no doubt.
Representatives of the companies responsible for the creation of ground-based space infrastructure, also reported a high state of readiness to create a launch complex, universal and provide technical complex objects, the press service of "Samara Space Center."