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43/4 (43R), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

43/4 (43R)

43/4 (43R) is currently active, and has witnessed the launch of 322 rockets, including 322 orbital launch attempts, while Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation, has been the site for 1671 rocket launches, with a tally of 0 booster landings recorded.

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and approximately 200 km south of Arkhangelsk. Originally developed as an ICBM site for the R-7 missile, it also served for numerous satellite launches using the R-7 and other rockets. Its high latitude makes it useful only for certain types of launches, especially the Molniya orbits, so for much of the site's history it functioned as a secondary location, with most orbital launches taking place from Baikonur, in the Kazakh SSR. With the end of the Soviet Union, Baikonur became a foreign territory, and Kazakhstan charged $115 million usage fees annually. Consequently, Plesetsk has seen considerably more activity since the 2000s.

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Russian Aerospace Defence Forces (VKO)

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