The Center for Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Operation announced a tender for insuring risks for Soyuz-FG rocket launches with Soyuz MS-11 manned spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) and docking to the station, according to the public procurement website.

The insurance coverage will reach 4.786 bln rubles ($72.86 mln), the initial contract price - 344.653 mln rubles ($5.2 mln).

Head of Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said earlier that Russia’s commission on manned space flights has approved the launch of a Soyuz MS-11 manned spaceship with a new crew to the International Space Station (ISS), which is scheduled for December 3. "The commission on manned space flights had a meeting yesterday. We decided to approve the launch of the Soyuz MS manned spaceship on December 3," he said.

The new crew to be sent to the ISS onboard the Soyuz MS-11 manned spaceship are Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, NASA and Canadian Space Agency astronauts Anne McClain and David Saint-Jacques. Their flight was originally scheduled for late December but was rescheduled for December 3 due to the abortive launch of the Soyuz-FG carrier rocket.