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Kapustin Yar
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Alternate Name: GTsP-4. Type: Orbital Launch Site. Operator: Russia. Country: Russia. Latitude: 48°30' N. Longitude: 45°48' E. Altitude: 5.00 m (16.40 ft). Minimum Inclination: 48.0 degrees. Maximum Inclination: 51.0 degrees. Russia's first missile test range and used for satellite launches of smaller Kosmos vehicles. V-2's launched from here in 1946 were the first ballistic missiles fired on Soviet territory. It was greatly expanded as the test site for innumerable Soviet intermediate and short range missile projects in the 1950's.. Kapustin Year was also headquarters of the first operational R-1/R-2 units, 1950-1953, and later a base for 12 operational R-14 missile launchers.
Launch Pads - Name: Burya Launch Complex. Kapustin Yar Burya. Latitude: 48.4000 N. Longitude: 46.3300 E. Burya. Elaborate complex consisting of horizontal assembly building, huge circular rail line, and mobile erector/launcher. Built at the Soviet Vladimirovka flight test facility south of Kapustin Yar.
- Name: Area 84. Kapustin Yar LC84. Latitude: 48.5500 N. Longitude: 46.2500 E. Launch Pads: 1. R-5, RT-15. R-5 Launch complex consisting of 3 pads.
- Name: Pioner Launch Complex. Kapustin Yar Pioner. Latitude: 48.6200 N. Longitude: 46.2500 E. Rail-served launch complex.
- Name: R-1 Launch Area. Kapustin Yar R-1. Latitude: 48.8000 N. Longitude: 45.6700 E.
- Name: R-11 Launch Area. Kapustin Yar R-11. Latitude: 48.7000 N. Longitude: 46.2000 E. Naval missile test area.
- Name: R-14 Silo Prototype. Kapustin Yar R-14. Latitude: 48.5100 N. Longitude: 46.2600 E.
- Name: R-2 Launch Area. Kapustin Yar R-2. Latitude: 48.7800 N. Longitude: 45.7000 E.
- Name: R-5 Initial Launch Area. Kapustin Yar R-5. Latitude: 48.7500 N. Longitude: 45.7500 E.
- Name: V-2 Launch Area. Kapustin Yar V-2. Latitude: 48.5500 N. Longitude: 45.8200 E. Original site for V-2 launches in 1946. First complex at Kapustin Yar.
- Name: Vertikal Launch Pad. Kapustin Yar Vertikal. Latitude: 48.5000 N. Longitude: 46.7800 E. Launch Pads: 1. Launch site for R-5 scientific launches, located well east of the primary military launch areas.
Bibliography and Further Reading - McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- Melnik, T G, Voenno-Kosmicheskiy Siliy, Nauka, Moscow, 1997.. Two-volume official history of the (now defunct) Russin space forces.
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