Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6
- Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6
Infobox Launch Pad
name = Site 31
imsize=
caption=
site = Baikonur Cosmodrome
location =TBC
operator = RVSN, VKS, RKA
tlaunches = TBC
inclination = 49° – 99°
pads = 1
pad1 = Site 31/6
short = LC-31/6
status = Active
launches =TBC
first = R-7A, 14 January 1961
last = GIOVE-B, 26 April 2008
rockets = R-7A
Vostok
Voskhod
Polyot
Molniya
Soyuz
Soyuz-FG/Fregat (current)
Soyuz 2 (current)
Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome is a launch site used by derivatives of the R-7 Semyorka missile. From 2009 onwards, it will be the launch site for manned Soyuz missions to the International Space Station, when launches switch from the Soyuz-FG carrier rocket to the Soyuz 2, which is unable to use the current launch pad at Site 1/5.
It was first used on 14 January 1961, for an R-7A ICBM test mission. It is currently used for commercial Soyuz-FG/Fregat missions, and Soyuz 2 launches. In the 1970s and early 1980s, several manned missions were launched from the site.
See also
*Gagarin's Start
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