🇷🇺Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, Russia
Country
🇷🇺 Russia
Region
Europe
Established
1957
Launches / Year
5-10
Coordinates
62.9271° N, 40.5778° E
About
Plesetsk Cosmodrome is Russia's primary military launch facility and one of the most active spaceports historically by number of launches. Located in northern Russia, it is optimized for high-inclination and polar orbit missions. It serves as the test site for new Russian launch vehicles including the Angara family.
Key Features
Russia's primary military and government launch facility
High-latitude location (63 deg N) optimal for polar orbits
Test site for Angara family of next-generation Russian rockets
Historically the most active launch site by total number of launches
Supports both orbital launches and ICBM testing
Rockets That Launch Here
Companies Operating Here
Orbit Types
Notable Launches
First Angara A5 heavy-lift rocket test (2014)
Hundreds of Cosmos military satellite deployments
Soyuz-2 military and government missions
Rockot launches for ESA's GOCE and Sentinel satellites
Regular GLONASS navigation satellite deployments