Soyuz launch facilities in Baikonur

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On September 15, 1955 the construction crews started digging the flame duct for the R-7 launch pad. The participants could only guess about real purpose of their efforts, so among soldiers, the construction site would become known as "stadium." </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">The first <a href="r7.html">R-7 rocket</a> blasted off from Site 1 in Tyuratam on May 15, 1957. The world's first artificial satellite was launched from the same pad on October 4, 1957. After the launch of the first manned spacecraft, Vostok-1, in 1961, the pad at Site 1 was nicknamed "Gagarinskiy Start" (Gagarin's pad). As of Year 2000, 400 launches have been conducted from the pad.</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bordercolor="#CCCCCC" width="100" bgcolor="#666666" valign="top" height="100" align="left" > <div align="center"><a href="baikonur_r7_2.html"><img src="images/centers/baikonur/baikonur_r7_2_3.jpg" width="100" height="100" border="0"></a></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC" valign="top" > <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><a href="baikonur_r7_2.html"><font size="1">Site 2: Processing and residential area</font></a></b></font></p> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">The residential area and assembly buildings for the R-7 rocket and its derivatives located at Site 2. The early construction here started in 1956. In May 1957, the workers started the erection of the new new assembly and processing building at Site 2A. It also included water-treatment and boiler complex and a special storage apparently for nuclear warheads. The Site 2A complex was completed in July 1958.</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bordercolor="#CCCCCC" width="100" bgcolor="#666666" valign="top" height="100" align="left" > <div align="center"><a href="baikonur_r7_31.html"><img src="images/centers/baikonur/baikonur_r7_31_3.jpg" width="100" height="100" border="0"></a></div> </td> <td bordercolor="#CCCCCC" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" > <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><a href="baikonur_r7_31.html"><font size="1">Site 31: Launch Complex 6</font></a></b></font></p> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">At the end of 1958, a year-and-half after the <a href="r7.html">R-7 ballistic missile</a> started flying, the second launch complex for the same rocket was founded at Site 31, east of the original launch facilities in Tyuratam. Unlike the test launch complex at Site 1 and 2, the Site 31 was planned as an operational and training "battle station" for the R-7 missile. As the R-7's role as a carrier of the nuclear weapons diminished, the Site-31 along with Site-1 was re-purposed for space operations, including manned launches. </font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bordercolor="#CCCCCC" width="100" bgcolor="#666666" valign="top" height="100" align="left" > <div align="center"> <p><img src="images/centers/baikonur/baikonur_r7_movie_3.jpg" width="100" height="82"></p> <p><img src="images/centers/baikonur/baikonur_r7_360_3.jpg" width="100" height="80"></p> </div> </td> <td bordercolor="#CCCCCC" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" valign="top" > <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font size="1">Multi-media collection</font></b></font></p> <p><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Video</font></b></p> <ul> <li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><a href="baikonur_r7_rollout.mov">Soyuz TM-32 rollout video</a> from the assembly building to the launch pad. Date: 2001 April 26; Size: 752 K; Duration: 30 sec.</font></li> <li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><a href="baikonur_r7_overflight.mov">Site 1 overflight video</a> with the Soyuz TM-32 on the pad. Date: 2001 April 27; Size: 788 K; Duration 32 sec.</font></li> <li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><a href="iss_soyuztm32_launch.mov">Soyuz TM-32 blastoff video</a> from Site 1 launch pad. Date: 2001 April 28; Size: 588 K; Duration: 42 sec.</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"></font></li> </ul> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><b>Virtual reality</b></font></p> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">This unique 360-degree panorama was stiched out of dozen of images taken from a hill top at Site 2 in Baikonur in the early hours of April 26, 2001, as sun was rising in the east, right behind Site 1, better known as Gagarin's pad. The Vostok-1 spacecraft with the world's first cosmonaut was launched from here 40 years earlier. The Soyuz rocket processing facilities could be seen to the south and the Energia-Buran launch complex lay to the northwest.</font></p> <ul> <li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><a href="baikonur_r7_360.mov">Soyuz launch facilities virtual reality panorama</a> (Quick Time VR). Date: 2001 April 26; Size: 724K</font></li> <li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"> <a href="javascript:;" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('images/centers/baikonur/baikonur_r7_360_1.jpg','360','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=600,height=130')">Low-resolution photographic composite</a>. Date: 2001 April 26, 2,000 x 120 pixels / 48K</font></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bordercolor="#CCCCCC" width="100" bgcolor="#666666" valign="top" height="100" align="left" > <div align="center"> <p><img src="images/centers/baikonur/baikonur_r7_overview_3.jpg" width="100" height="100"></p> <p align="center"><a href="vostochny_soyuz_ko.html"><img src="images/centers/vostochny/soyuz/design/lower_service_cabin/ko_3.jpg" alt="KO" width="100" height="100" border="0"></a></p> <p align="center"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="vostochny_soyuz_ko.html">Service Cabin</a></font></p> <hr> <p> </p> </div> </td> <td bordercolor="#CCCCCC" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" > <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font size="1">Facilities overview </font></b></font></p> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr bgcolor="lightgrey" align="center"> <td> <div align="center"><b><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Site</font></b></div> </td> <td> <div align="center"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Complex designation </b></font></div> </td> <td><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Completion date </b></font></td> <td> <div align="center"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Purpose/Infrastructure</b></font></div> </td> <td> <div align="left"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Details</b></font></div> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="white"> <td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">1 (PU-5)</font></td> <td> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">17P32-5</font></div> </td> <td> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">1957</font></div> </td> <td> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">R-7/Sputnik/Vostok/Soyuz launch pad </font></div> </td> <td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">In service</font></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="lightgrey"> <td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">2 </font></td> <td> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">-</font></div> </td> <td> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">1957</font></div> </td> <td> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">MIK 2-1 and extension 1A processing area for R-7 based launchers and their payloads.</font></div> </td> <td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">1A extension was completed in mid-1970. The entire facility abandoned in mid-1990s, the Soyuz/Progress processing moved to <a href="baikonur_energia_254.html">Site 254</a></font></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="white"> <td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">2A </font></td> <td> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">-</font></div> </td> <td> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">1958</font></div> </td> <td> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">MIK 2A processing area for the warheads of the R-7 ICBM.</font></div> </td> <td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">-</font></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="lightgrey"> <td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"> 2B</font></td> <td> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">-</font></div> </td> <td> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">-</font></div> </td> <td> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">MIK 2B-1 (135R) processing area for R-7 based launchers and their payloads.</font></div> </td> <td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">MIK 2B-1 (135R) is used for the integration of the Soyuz and Progress spacecraft with the launch vehicle. The operations are expected to be moved to Site 112</font></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="white"> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">31 (PU-6) </font></td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">17P32-6</font></div> </td> <td> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">1960</font></div> </td> <td> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">R-7/Molniya launch pad </font></div> </td> <td><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Originally built as the R-7 battle station. Modified for Soyuz-Fregat launches</font></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="lightgrey"> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">32 </font></td> <td bgcolor="#CCCCCC"> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">-</font></div> </td> <td> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">1960</font></div> </td> <td> <div align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">R-7 residential housing, assembly buildings MIK-32 and MIK-32GCh</font></div> </td> <td><font size="1">-</font></td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="40" vspace="0" hspace="0" align="center" bordercolor="0"> <tr bgcolor="#999999" valign="top"> <td><img src="images/footer2.gif" width="600" height="40" align="right" vspace="0" hspace="0" usemap="#Map" border="0"><map name="Map"><area shape="rect" coords="8,2,110,36" href="index.html"><area shape="rect" coords="509,3,555,37" href="#top" target="_self"></map></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>

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