Site 109/95 - silo launcher at the Baikonur Cosmodrome . Built for R-36 missiles, later converted to Dnepr launch vehicles launches.
From 1974 to 1983, nineteen R-36 ICBMs were launched from site 109 for testing. Subsequently, the site was adapted for the Dnepr program, which uses modified R-36 rockets to launch satellites into orbit. Dnipro made its first flight from 109 sites on April 21, 1999.
Links
- Wade, Mark. "Baikonur LC109" . Encyclopedia of Astronatuica . Retrieved 2008-12-16 .