1980 Plesetsk launch pad disaster

1980 Plesetsk launch pad disaster
	Memorial to victims of the disaster
Date	19:01 MSK (16:01 GMT) 18 March 1980
Location	Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43
Casualties
	48 dead
	87 injured (43 seriously)

The 1980 Plesetsk launch pad disaster was the explosion of a Vostok-2M rocket carrying a Tselina-D satellite during fueling at Site 43 of the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Mirny at 19:01 local time (16:01 GMT) on 18 March 1980, two hours and fifteen minutes before the intended launch time. Forty-four people were killed in the initial fire and four more soon died in the hospital from burns. It is the second deadliest space exploration related disaster in history.
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