Dombarovskiy

Dombarovskiy

Dombarovskiy is an ICBM base located near Yasny in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. On December 22, 2004, the Russian army conducted from the base a test launch of an R-36M2 to the Kamchatka Peninsula.cite web |url=http://www.astronautix.com/sites/domvskiy.htm |title=Dombarovskiy |work=Astronautix.com |date=2007-11-17 |accessdate=2008-05-15] Currently it is used by launch service provider ISC Kosmotras for commercial launches of Dnepr rockets.

Dnepr launches

As of October 1, 2008 three spacecraft have been launched from Dombarovskiy using Dnepr rockets.cite web |url=http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081001/117363703.html |title=Russia launches Thai satellite on converted missile |date=2008-10-01 |publisher=RIA Novosti] They are:
* July 12, 2006, "Genesis I" spacecraft launched for Bigelow Aerospace into a 550 km, 64.5 degree inclination orbit.
* June 28, 2007, "Genesis II" spacecraft, also launched for Bigelow Aerospace into a near-identical orbit.
* October 1, 2008, "THEOS" satellite launched for GISTDA.

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