 Soyuz-2.1a at site 1S on 27 April 2016 | |||||||||||||
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| Launch site | Vostochny Cosmodrome | ||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 51°52′58″N 128°19′58″E / 51.88278°N 128.33278°E | ||||||||||||
| Operator | Roscosmos | ||||||||||||
| Launch pad(s) | One | ||||||||||||
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The Vostochny Cosmodrome Site 1S (Russian: Площадka-1C) is a launch complex at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia. It consists of a single pad for use by the Soyuz-2 launch vehicles.[1]
On 28 April 2016, the first launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome took place from this pad.[2] The third launch took place on 1 February 2018. The Meteor M2-2 mission, the fifth launch from this site, took place 5 July 2019.[3] Since December 2020, Arianespace uses this site to launch OneWeb satellites, with 6 batches launched between December 2020 and October 2021.[4][5]
- ^ Zak, Anatoly (4 November 2012). "Soyuz-2 launch complex in Vostochny". RussianSpaceWeb.com. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ Zak, Anatoly (30 May 2016). "Soyuz historic first mission from Vostochny". RussianSpaceWeb.com. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Soyuz launches fresh Meteor weather satellite plus 32 small satellites". RussianSpaceWeb.com. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "OneWeb resumes deployment of 650-satellite broadband network". Spaceflight Now. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "With Flight ST36, Arianespace sets a new mark; more than half of the OneWeb constellation now successfully deployed". Arianespace (Press release). 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.