Kura Missile Test Range

Kura Missile Test Range
Near Klyuchi in Russia
Kura Missile Test Range is located in Russia
Kura Missile Test Range
Kura Missile Test Range
Location in Russia
Kura Missile Test Range is located in Kamchatka Krai
Kura Missile Test Range
Kura Missile Test Range
Location in Kamchatka Krai, Russia
Coordinates57°20′00″N 161°50′00″E / 57.33333°N 161.83333°E / 57.33333; 161.83333
TypeICBM test range
Site information
OwnerRussian Armed Forces
OperatorRussian Aerospace Forces (VKS)
Open to
the public		No
Site history
Built1955 (1955)
The trajectory of the missile flight from Plesetsk Cosmodrome to the Kura Missile Test Range (5,700 km)

Kura Missile Test Range (Russian: Ракетный полигон Кура́), originally known as Kama, is a Russian intercontinental ballistic missile impact area located in northern Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East. It is the destination for ballistic missiles which are test fired from other centers, and was chosen due to its remoteness and distance. It is 130 kilometers (81 mi) northeast of the settlement of Klyuchi and the military townlet is called Klyuchi-1, after the nearest settlement.[1][2]

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