Vostochny Cosmodrome Russia
Vostochny Cosmodrome Russia
The Vostochny Cosmodrome is a Russian space launch facility in the Amur Oblast, located above the 51st parallel north in the Russian Far East. It was built to help reduce Russia’s reliance on the Baikonur Cosmodrome which is located on land the Russian government leases from Kazakhstan. The civilian launch facility is operated by State owned company Roscosmos that is responsible for space flights.
The facility was established in August 2011 and saw its first launch on April 28th, 2016 when a Soyuz-2 rocket, operated by GK Launch Services, orbited the Aist-2D demonstration satellite.