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**Big A** · 09-06-2006, 07:00 AM

Interesting. Plesetsk

Has ESA (European Space Agency) permanent mission presence.
Is designed for high azimuth polar orbital insertions (in lieu of sub orbital over the pole lobs at North America.) for scientific and spy payloads
Has well developed support facilities
Is scheduled to begin supporting Angara booster systems
Has a horrendous saftey record (almost as bad as Baikonur)
Has no practical benefit for comm sats.

Kosmos-3M has not been built since 1995 but there is believed to be 15 of these still available. It can hoist loads of 500-1500kg depending on orbit. This means that an Iranian launch would have to be part of a multipackage launch which the ESA is working hard to perfect. The booster has about a 5.2% failure rate on launch (23/444). And the location of Plesetsk 400 miles ne of St. Petersburgh in the Arkhangel Oblast means that launch failures come down on neighboring towns and villages.

09-06-2006, 07:00 AM	#4
Big A Join Date Oct 2005 Age 51 Posts 4,148 Administrator	Interesting. Plesetsk Has ESA (European Space Agency) permanent mission presence. Is designed for high azimuth polar orbital insertions (in lieu of sub orbital over the pole lobs at North America.) for scientific and spy payloads Has well developed support facilities Is scheduled to begin supporting Angara booster systems Has a horrendous saftey record (almost as bad as Baikonur) Has no practical benefit for comm sats. Kosmos-3M has not been built since 1995 but there is believed to be 15 of these still available. It can hoist loads of 500-1500kg depending on orbit. This means that an Iranian launch would have to be part of a multipackage launch which the ESA is working hard to perfect. The booster has about a 5.2% failure rate on launch (23/444). And the location of Plesetsk 400 miles ne of St. Petersburgh in the Arkhangel Oblast means that launch failures come down on neighboring towns and villages.
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