Baikonur LC60/8	home topic index
Launch Complex: LC60/8. Baikonur. Old Name: PU8. Latitude: 46.0174 deg. Longitude: 64.0183 deg. Used by: R-16. First Launch: 1962-07-13. Last Launch: 1966-10-20. Number Launches: 12. LC60/8 Chronology 1962 July 13 - Launch Vehicle: R-16. FAILURE: Failure. State trials missile test Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 0 km ( mi). 1962 July 31 - Launch Vehicle: R-16. State trials missile test Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,210 km (750 mi). 1962 October 5 - Launch Vehicle: R-16. R-16U 17 min salvo State trials missile test Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,210 km (750 mi). 1962 October 16 - Launch Vehicle: R-16. State trials missile test Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,210 km (750 mi). 1963 May 18 - Launch Vehicle: R-16. Combat training launch Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,210 km (750 mi). 1963 August 20 - Launch Vehicle: R-16. Military training launch Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,210 km (750 mi). 1964 February 2 - Launch Vehicle: R-16. Military training launch Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,210 km (750 mi). 1964 September 25 - Launch Vehicle: R-16. UBP Kedr operational test launch Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,210 km (750 mi). Demonstration launch witnessed by Khrushchev. 1965 August 31 - Launch Vehicle: R-16. Operational test launch Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,210 km (750 mi). 1966 July 2 - Launch Vehicle: R-16. Military training launch Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,210 km (750 mi). 1966 August 9 - Launch Vehicle: R-16. Operational test launch Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,210 km (750 mi). 1966 October 20 - Launch Vehicle: R-16. Palma-2 Operational test Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,210 km (750 mi). Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site.. To contact astronauts or cosmonauts. © Mark Wade, 1997 - 2008 except where otherwise noted.