Launch Sites in Russia

A secret ICBM base turned busiest launch complex in history. Since its first space shot in 1966, Plesetsk has flown more orbital l...

The new far eastern cosmodrome, built to reduce dependence on Baikonur. First launch came in 2016, clouded by construction corrupt...

The first Soviet missile range, near the Volga, where the first R-1 lifted off in October 1947. Small satellites rode light rocket...

A cosmodrome carved from a decommissioned missile division in the Amur region after Baikonur fell outside Russian borders. Start-1...

An intercontinental missile base near the town of Yasny in Orenburg region that hosted commercial space launches using Dnepr rocke...