User:Galactic Penguin SST/sandbox/Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 35
| Launch site | Plesetsk Cosmodrome | ||||||||||
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| Location | 62°55′39″N 40°34′32″E / 62.92750°N 40.57556°E | ||||||||||
| Short name | LC-35/1 | ||||||||||
| Operator | Russian Space Forces | ||||||||||
| Total launches | 1 | ||||||||||
| Launch pad(s) | 1 | ||||||||||
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Site 35 is a launch complex at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. Originally built for the Zenit rocket, it was not yet complete before the
The site was originally built for use by R-7A Semyorka missiles. The first launch to use the complex was an R-7A test on 21 December 1965, from Site 43/3. The first launch from 43/4 followed on 25 July 1967.
After its retirement from service as a missile base, it was converted for use as a space launch complex. The first orbital launch was of a Voskhod rocket with Kosmos 313 on 3 December 1969.
Both pads were damaged by explosions in the 1980s. At 16:01 GMT on 18 March 1980, 48 were killed when a Vostok-2M exploded during fuelling operations at Pad 4, ahead of the launch of a Tselina-D satellite. On 18 June 1987, a Soyuz-U rocket exploded at liftoff on Pad 3.[1] Both were rebuilt, and are in service as of 2009.
References
[edit]- ^ Wade, Mark. "Plesetsk". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- Zak, Anatoly. "Cosmodrome Plesetsk". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- Wade, Mark. "Plesetsk LC43/3". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- Wade, Mark. "Plesetsk LC43/4". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
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