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==Pads==
 
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* Site 41 - original launch pad in Plesetsk, retired
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* SK-1 - original launch pad, retired
* Site 16
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* SK-2 - Used for [[Soyuz]] and [[Molniya]]-M rockets; [[Oko]], [[Kobalt]]-M satellites
* Site 43
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* SK-3 - Served to launch Molniya rockets, unused after 2002
* Site 142
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* SK-4 - Rebuilt for the Soyuz-2 and Soyuz-1 rockets
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[[Category:Russia]]

Latest revision as of 11:57, 15 October 2022

Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport, located in Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow.

Used especially for military satellites placed into high inclination and polar orbits. The Soyuz rocket, Cosmos-3M, Rockot, and Tsyklon are launched from there.

Pads[edit]

  • SK-1 - original launch pad, retired
  • SK-2 - Used for Soyuz and Molniya-M rockets; Oko, Kobalt-M satellites
  • SK-3 - Served to launch Molniya rockets, unused after 2002
  • SK-4 - Rebuilt for the Soyuz-2 and Soyuz-1 rockets