Site 41: R-16. Kosmos-1
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Kazakhstan /
Soltustik Kazakstan /
Leninogorsk /
World
/ Kazakhstan
/ Soltustik Kazakstan
/ Leninogorsk
, 45 km from center (Лениногорск)
World / Kazakhstan / Qyzylorda
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US designation Launch Area C. Originally two R-16 ICBM pads, PU-6 [C1] and PU-7 [C2]. Later a third pad PU-15 [C3] was added for the Kosmos-1 orbital booster. The western pad PU-6 was the site of the famous Nedelin Catastrophe.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 45°58'25"N 63°39'52"E
- Site 18: Tracking Station IP-1 27 km
- Site 250 [Launch complex W]: Energia/Buran Static Test 30 km
- Site 113: N-1/Energia Housing 31 km
- Yubileiny Airport 37 km
- Area 3K: Hypergolic Fuel Storage 41 km
- Site 71: Housing 41 km
- Site 21 (IP-4 Vega Tracking Station) 41 km
- Site 200: Proton 50 km
- Site 81 [G3 & G4]: Proton 55 km
- Site 90: UR-200 and Tsiklon 59 km
- Site 41A: R-16 Warhead Storage 0.4 km
- Site 41 Left: R-16 (Nedelin Disaster) 0.4 km
- Site 42: R-16 and R-36 Assembly 1.1 km
- Site 44: Tracking Station IP-2 1.4 km
- Site 43: Yangel Support Area 1.6 km
- Missile Guidance Array 2 km
- Site 67: ex R-36-O test complex 3.6 km
- Site 45: Zenit Launch Pads 3.6 km
- Zenit Pad Explosion (4 October 1990) 3.7 km
- Baikonur Cosmodrome 25 km