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Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Latitude: 54.71783 deg. Longitude: 30.88334 deg.

Sounding rocket launch location known to have been used for 27 launches from 1981 to 2005, reaching up to 1000 kilometers altitude.


General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology

1981 - Launch Vehicle: R-29. Volna VMF Operational test Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1981 - Launch Vehicle: R-29. Operational test Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1981 - Launch Vehicle: R-29. Volna VMF Operational test Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1981 - Launch Vehicle: R-27. Operational test Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).

1981 - Launch Vehicle: R-27. Operational test Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).

1981 - Launch Vehicle: R-27. Operational test Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).

1981 - Launch Vehicle: R-27. Operational test Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).

1981 - Launch Vehicle: R-29. Volna VMF Operational test Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1981 - Launch Vehicle: R-27. Operational test Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).

1981 - Launch Vehicle: R-27. Operational test Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).

1981 - Launch Vehicle: R-27. Operational test Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).

1981 - Launch Vehicle: R-27. Operational test Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).

1981 - Launch Vehicle: R-29. Operational test Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1981 - Launch Vehicle: R-29. Operational test Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1981 - Launch Vehicle: R-29. Operational test Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1983 - Launch Vehicle: R-27. Operational test Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).

1988 - Launch Vehicle: R-27. Final OT operational test launch Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).

1996 June 28 - Launch Vehicle: R-29. Operational test Agency: VMF RF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1996 June 28 - Launch Vehicle: R-29. Operational test Agency: VMF RF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1996 June 28 - Launch Vehicle: R-29. Operational test Agency: VMF RF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1997 July 23 - Launch Vehicle: R-29. Operational test Agency: VMF RF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1999 October 1 - Launch Vehicle: R-29. Operational test Agency: VMF RF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1999 October 2 - Launch Vehicle: R-29. Operational test Agency: VMF RF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

2001 September 18 - Launch Vehicle: R-29. Shtil VMF RF Operational test Agency: VMF RF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

2002 October 12 - 09:12 GMT - Launch Vehicle: R-29. Shtil VMF RF Operational test Agency: VMF RF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

2004 November 2 - 09:25 GMT - Launch Vehicle: R-29. RSM-54 test Agency: VMF RF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

2005 September 30 - 08:22 GMT - Launch Vehicle: R-29. Volna VMF RF RSM-50 Test Agency: VMF RF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Search for payload at reentry site was unsuccessful. Delayed from fourth quarter 2003, May and October 2004, July 5/8, September 15 and 27, 2005.


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