Vostochny Cosmodrome

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The Vostochny Cosmodrome is under construction Russian spaceport in the Amur region, about 100 kilometers east of the border with China between cities Svobodny and Uglegorsk ( Amur ). Vostochny will complement the lying on Kazakh territory Baikonur launch site and reduce dependence on Kazakhstan.

November 21, 2007, President Vladimir Putin signed the decree on the construction of the space station. The exact location was determined by the end of 2008 and now lies east of the recently concluded launch site Svobodny and about 150 km north of Blagoveshchensk in the area of the river Pera. It is intended to include a surface area of ​​750 square kilometers and 250 meters above the sea level. According to current plans, the construction is scheduled to begin in 2010, be eight years and carried out in three stages. By 2013, the Russian government for this some 625 million euro. Responsible for the construction of the former Energia chief Nikolai Sevastyanov.

2015 is to take place with the new Angara rocket, the first start; remain relevant starting devices and integration for building type carrier Soyuz under construction. First manned launches could take place 2018-2020.

Trivia

In the German SF literature was first " fell from the sky Seven" (1969 ) by Alexander Kroeger a " Amur Baikonur " mentioned in the novel.