"2.1.2. The launch preparation and execution system is a ground-based MTKS support complex and consists of a launch-landing and command-measuring complex.
The launch and landing complex includes a launch position with autonomous launch devices, a technical position with an installation and testing building, a repair and restoration plant, as well as a landing strip with platforms and after-flight service stations.
The command and measurement complex includes control and measurement processing centers, ground receiving and transmitting points and search and rescue equipment.
The detailed composition of the constituent elements of the main systems of the MTKS complex is given in the corresponding sections of the technical proposal.
2.2. Basic requirements for MTKS complex systems
2.2.1. Requirements for the launch and return system
On the payload side, the main requirements for the launch system are as follows:
the payload mass launched by the launch system into the reference circular orbit of the satellite (with an inclination to the equator i = 51.6° at an altitude Hcr = 200 km) should be 40 tons;
the payload mass returned from the reference orbit in the cargo compartment of the orbital aircraft must be 20 tons;
reference launch paths are characterized by orbital inclinations i = 91-102° and i = 51-63°"