Kosmos-2I

Location

Mayak-2

Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation

Mayak-2 has witnessed the launch of 24 rockets, including 24 orbital launch attempts. While Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation, has been the site for 101 rocket launches.

Kapustin Yar is a Russian military training area and a rocket launch complex in Astrakhan Oblast, about 100 km east of Volgograd. It was established by the Soviet Union on 13 May 1946. In the beginning, Kapustin Yar used technology, material, and scientific support gained from the defeat of Germany in World War II. Numerous launches of test rockets for the Russian military were carried out at the site, as well as satellite and sounding rocket launches.

Rocket

Strategic Rocket Forces Kosmos-2I

Kosmos-2I is the designation applied to two Soviet carrier rockets which were used to orbit satellites between 1961 and 1977.

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Agency

Strategic Rocket Forces

The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation are a separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces that control Russia's land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).