Plesetsk Cosmodrome
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Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, near the town of Plesetsk, from which it takes its name. Until 2025 and the commissioning of the Andøya base in Norway,
General trajectory of missiles from Plesetsk to the Kura Missile Test Range
1967 photo of the Cosmodrome taken by a US spy satellite
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket being prepared for launch from Site 43/3, August 2023
The second test launch of an Angara A5 rocket from Site 35/1, December 2020
R-7 Semyorka
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The R-7 Semyorka was a Soviet missile developed during the Cold War, and the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile. The basis for the R-7 rocket family, it was adapted into the world's firs
Plesetsk Cosmodrome
…spaceport in Europe and the northernmost spaceport in the world. Originally developed as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) site for the R-7 missile, its strategic location approximately 800 kilometres (500 mi) north of Moscow was key to its selection. Due to its high latitude, Plesetsk is particularly…
R-7 Semyorka photographed at Baikonur on a Russian stamp from 2004
Sojuz TMA 9 into flight