Vostochny Cosmodrome
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Vostochny Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport in the Amur Oblast designed to reduce Russia’s dependence on the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and support a wide range of civilian space launches.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| reduce Russia’s dependence on Baikonur Cosmodrome | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cosmodrome
ⓘ
spaceport ⓘ |
| builtOnFormerSiteOf | Svobodny Cosmodrome ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 2012-01-01 ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| designedFor |
geostationary transfer orbit launches
ⓘ
low Earth orbit launches ⓘ medium Earth orbit launches ⓘ |
| environmentalConsideration | located away from densely populated areas ⓘ |
| firstLaunchDate | 2016-04-28 ⓘ |
| fundingSource | federal budget of Russia ⓘ |
| governingBody | Government of the Russian Federation ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
airfield
ⓘ
assembly and test buildings ⓘ launch pads ⓘ railway connection ⓘ residential town of Tsiolkovsky ⓘ |
| hasLaunchComplex | Soyuz-2 launch complex ⓘ |
| hasLaunchHistoryEvent | first Soyuz-2.1a launch with Lomonosov satellite ⓘ |
| hasPlannedFacility | Angara launch complex ⓘ |
| latitude | 51.884 ⓘ |
| launchAzimuthRange |
medium-inclination orbits
ⓘ
northward to polar orbits ⓘ sun-synchronous orbits ⓘ |
| launchPadCount | 2 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amur Oblast
ⓘ
Russia ⓘ Far Eastern Federal District ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Far East
|
| longitude | 128.333 ⓘ |
| mainUser |
Roscosmos
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Federal Space Agency
|
| namedAfter | Vostochny (meaning Eastern in Russian) ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Svobodny
ⓘ
Tsiolkovskiy ⓘ
surface form:
Tsiolkovsky
|
| operator | Roscosmos ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Federation
|
| plannedLaunchVehicle | Angara ⓘ |
| primaryLaunchVehicle |
Soyuz rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
Soyuz-2
|
| projectAnnouncementDate | 2007-01-01 ⓘ |
| projectType | greenfield spaceport project ⓘ |
| purpose |
civilian space launches
ⓘ
commercial space launches ⓘ federal space program support ⓘ Vostochny Cosmodrome self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
reduce Russia’s dependence on Baikonur Cosmodrome
|
| relatedFacility |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
ⓘ
Plesetsk Cosmodrome ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
independent access to space for Russia
ⓘ
national security ⓘ |
| timezone | UTC+09:00 ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
reduce Russia’s dependence on Baikonur Cosmodrome