Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport located in , near the town of , from which it takes its name. Until 2025 and the commissioning of the Andøya base in Norway, it was the only operational orbital spaceport in Europe and the northernmost spaceport in the world.
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  • Type: Military installation
  • Description: Russian spaceport
  • Also known as: “GIK-1”, “Kosmodrom Pleset︠s︡k”, “PKMTR”, and “Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Launch Complex 16.

Military installation
Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport located in , near the town of , from which it takes its name. Until 2025 and the commissioning of the Andøya base in Norway, it was the only operational orbital spaceport in Europe and the northernmost spaceport in the world. is situated 2 km northwest of Plesetsk Cosmodrome.

Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Latitude
62.94575° or 62° 56′ 45″ north
Longitude
40.7205° or 40° 43′ 14″ east
Inception
January 11th, 1957
Open location code
9HJ2WPWC+85
Open­Street­Map ID
way 154309185
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Wiki­data ID
Q15778
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Satellite Map

Discover Plesetsk Cosmodrome from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Plesetsk Cosmodrome” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بليستسك كوزمودروم”
  • Arabic: “ميناء بليسيتسك الفضائي”
  • Asturian: “Cosmódromu de Plesetsk”
  • Belarusian: “Касмадром Плясецк”
  • Bulgarian: “Плесецк”
  • Catalan: “cosmòdrom de Plessetsk”
  • Catalan: “Cosmòdrom de Plessetsk”
  • Chinese: “普列谢茨克航天发射场”
  • Croatian: “Kozmodrom Pljeseck”
  • Czech: “Kosmodrom Pleseck”
  • Dutch: “Kosmodroom Plesetsk”
  • Dutch: “lanceerbasis Plesetsk”
  • Esperanto: “Pleseck”
  • Estonian: “Plessetski kosmodroom”
  • Finnish: “Plesetskin kosmodromi”
  • French: “Cosmodrome de Plessetsk”
  • French: “Plessetsk”
  • Galician: “Cosmódromo de Plesetsk”
  • German: “Kosmodrom Plessezk”
  • German: “Plessezk”
  • Greek: “Κοσμοδρόμιο του Πλεσέτσκ”
  • Hebrew: “קוסמודרום פלסצק”
  • Hindi: “प्लेसेत्स्क कॉस्मोड्रोम”
  • Hungarian: “Pleszeck űrrepülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Kosmodrom Plesetsk”
  • Italian: “cosmodromo di Pleseck”
  • Italian: “Cosmodromo di Pleseck”
  • Japanese: “プレセツク宇宙基地”
  • Korean: “플레세츠크 우주 기지”
  • Latvian: “Pļeseckas kosmodroms”
  • Luxembourgish: “Plessezk”
  • Macedonian: “Плесецк”
  • Mongolian: “Плесецк сансрын нислэгийн талбай”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Plesetsk kosmodrom”
  • Norwegian: “Plesetsk kosmodrom”
  • Persian: “پایگاه فضایی پلستسک”
  • Polish: “Kosmodrom Plesieck”
  • Portuguese: “Cosmódromo de Plesetsk”
  • Russian: “Космодром Плесе́цк”
  • Russian: “Плесецк”
  • Serbian: “Космодром Плесецк”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kosmodrom Pleseck”
  • Sinhala: “රාක”
  • Slovak: “Pleseck”
  • Slovenian: “Kozmodrom Pleseck”
  • Spanish: “Cosmodromo de Plesetsk”
  • Spanish: “Cosmódromo de Plesetsk”
  • Swedish: “Plesetsk”
  • Tatar: “Плесецк”
  • Turkish: “Plesetsk Uzay Üssü”
  • Ukrainian: “Плесецьк”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay vũ trụ Plesetsk”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Стартовый комплекс 16/2 and Launch Complex 32.

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