Vostochny Cosmodrome

Vostochny Cosmodrome

Soyuz-2.1a in Vostochny in 2016
Agency overview
Formed1 August 2011
JurisdictionGovernment of Russia
HeadquartersTsiolkovsky, Amur Oblast
51°53′04.39″N 128°20′05.2″E / 51.8845528°N 128.334778°E / 51.8845528; 128.334778 (Headquarters)
Parent agencyRoscosmos
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Vostochny Cosmodrome is located in Russia
Vostochny Cosmodrome
Vostochny Cosmodrome (Russia)
The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a from Vostochny Cosmodrome on 28 April 2016.

The Vostochny Cosmodrome (Russian: Космодром Восточный, romanizedKosmodrom Vostochnyy, "Eastern Spaceport") is a Russian spaceport above the 51st parallel north in the Amur Oblast, in the Russian Far East. It is intended to reduce Russia's dependency on the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The first launch took place on 28 April 2016 at 02:01 UTC. As of 1 July 2022, eleven launch attempts have been made with ten successes.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ spaceflight. "Soyuz rocket fires into space with 11 satellites". spaceflightnow.com. Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Russia inaugurates Vostochny Cosmodrome with semi-commercial Soyuz launch". SpaceNews. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Soyuz launches fresh Meteor weather watcher and 32 small satellites".

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