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Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport, located about 800 km north of Moscow and south of Arkhangelsk (coordinates vary in different sources, but 62.8°N, 40.1°E seems plausible). It was originally developed by the Soviet Union as a launch site for intercontinental ballistic missiles. Construction started in 1957 and it was declared operational for R-7 rockets in December 1959. The village of Plesetsk in Arkhangelsk Oblast had a railway station, essential for the transport of missile components. A new town for the support of the facility was named Mirny , Russian for "peaceful". By 1997, more than 1,500 launches to space had been made from the site, more than for any other launch facility, although the usage has declined significantly since the breakup of the Soviet Union.The Soyuz launch vehicle, Cosmos-3MThe Cosmos-3M is a Russian space launch vehicle. Space launch vehicles. and TsyklonThe Tsyklon is an expendable launch system designed by the Soviet Union and used primarily used to put Cosmos and Meteor class satellites into low earth orbit. It is based on the R-36 rocket engine. There are two major varients, the Tsyklon-2 and Tsyklon- are launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
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Soviet space programFrom World War II until its breakup, the Soviet Union undertook projects to build rockets, craft, and instruments for war and exploration of space. Soyuz rockets like the one pictured above were the first reliable means to transport objects into Earth orb
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