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Market studies suggest space tourism -- a rubbernecker's trip to earth orbit -- is likely to draw 50,000 passengers a year if the ticket can be pushed below $25,000. That's what tens of thousands of people spend each year on competing trips, such as round-the-world cruises on luxury liners and adventure tours to Antarctica or Mount Everest.

   ---G Harry Stine, 21 Oct 1996

Kapustin Yar V-2
 
V-2 Launch Area Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Latitude: 48.5500 N. Longitude: 45.8200 E. .

Original site for V-2 launches in 1946. First complex at Kapustin Yar.

  • 1947 Oct 18 6:50 - A4 - Soviet Flight 1 - First launch of V-2 from Kapustin Yar. V-2. A-4 Series N s/n T-1 Apogee: 95 km. Range: 207 km. Range achieved 206.7 km. Destroyed during ballistic portion of flight.
  • 1947 Oct 20 - A4 - Soviet Flight 2 V-2. A-4 Series N s/n T-2 Apogee: 95 km. Range: 231 km. Range achieved 231.4 km. Tore loose from launch stand; flew 180 km left of planned target.
  • 1947 Oct 23 - A4 - Soviet Flight 3 V-2. Payload destroyed, leading to rocket disintegration.. A-4 Series N s/n 3 Apogee: 15 km. Range: 29 km. Range achieved 29.4 km.
  • 1947 Oct 28 - A4 - Soviet Flight 4 V-2. A-4 Series N s/n 4 Apogee: 95 km. Range: 274 km. Range achieved 274.3 km. Achieved objectives.
  • 1947 Oct 31 - A4 - Soviet Flight 5 V-2. Loss of control on longitudinal axis.. A-4 Series N s/n 5 Apogee: 1 km. Range: 2 km. Range achieved 2 km.
  • 1947 Nov 2 - A4 - Soviet Flight 6 V-2. A-4 Series N s/n 6 Apogee: 80 km. Range: 260 km. Range achieved 260 km. Achieved objective.
  • 1947 Nov 3 - A4 - Soviet Flight 7 V-2. Rolled after launch and lost stabilisation.. A-4 Series N s/n 7 Apogee: 1 km. Range: 2 km. Range achieved 2.3 km.
  • 1947 Nov 4 - A4 - Soviet Flight 8 V-2. A-4 Series N s/n 8 Apogee: 95 km. Range: 268 km. Range achieved 268 km. Met objectives.
  • 1947 Nov 10 - A4 - Soviet Flight 9 V-2. Lost guidance.. A-4 Series N s/n 9 Apogee: 12 km. Range: 24 km. Range achieved 24.4 km.
  • 1947 Nov 13 - A4 - Soviet Flight 10 V-2. A-4 Series N s/n 11 Apogee: 95 km. Range: 270 km. Range achieved 270 km. Broke up on re-entry.
  • 1947 Nov 13 - A4 - Soviet Flight 11 V-2. A-4 Series N s/n 10 Apogee: 95 km.
 
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