Vostochny Cosmodrome Site 1S
The Vostochny Cosmodrome Site 1S (Russian: Площадka-1C) is a launch complex at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia. It consists of a single pad for use by the Soyuz-2 launch vehicles.[1]
![]() Soyuz-2.1a at site 1S on 27 April 2016 | |||||||||||||
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Launch site | Vostochny Cosmodrome | ||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 51°52′58″N 128°19′58″E | ||||||||||||
Operator | Roscosmos | ||||||||||||
Launch pad(s) | One | ||||||||||||
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On 28 April 2016, the first launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome took place from this pad.[2] 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.[3] Since December 2020, Arianespace uses this site to launch OneWeb satellites, with 6 batches launched as for 14 October 2021.[4][5]