The Vostochny Cosmodrome Site 1S (Russian: Площадka-1C) is a

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at the

Vostochny Cosmodrome The Vostochny Cosmodrome (russian: Космодром Восточный, ''Kosmodrom Vostochny'', "Eastern Spaceport") is a Russian spaceport (still partly under construction) above the 51st parallel north in the Amur Oblast, in the Russian ...

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. It consists of a single pad for use by the

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launch vehicles. On 28 April 2016, the first launch from the

took place from this pad. The third launch took place on 1 February 2018. The Meteor M2-2 mission, the fifth launch from this site, took place 5 July 2019. Since December 2020,

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uses this site to launch

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satellites, with 6 batches launched as for 14 October 2021.

Launch history

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Soviet and Russian space program locations Rocket launch sites in Russia Buildings and structures in Amur Oblast Transport infrastructure completed in 2016 2016 establishments in Russia {{Russia-struct-stub