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Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31

Site 31/6
Soyuz 2 metop.jpg
A Soyuz-2 rocket at LC-31/6.
Launch site Baikonur Cosmodrome
Short name LC-31/6
Operator RVSN, VKS, RKA
Total launches TBC
Launch pad(s) 1
Min / max
orbital inclination
49° – 99°
Launch history
Status Active
Launches TBC
First launch R-7A, 14 January 1961
Associated
rockets
R-7A
Vostok
Voskhod
Polyot
Molniya
Soyuz
Soyuz-L
Soyuz-U (current)
Soyuz-U2
Soyuz-FG/Fregat (current)
Soyuz-2 (current)
Launch history
Status Active
Launches TBC
First launch R-7A, 14 January 1961
Associated
rockets
R-7A
Vostok
Voskhod
Polyot
Molniya
Soyuz
Soyuz-L
Soyuz-U (current)
Soyuz-U2
Soyuz-FG/Fregat (current)
Soyuz-2 (current)

Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, is a launch site used by derivatives of the R-7 Semyorka missile. From 2011 onwards, it was supposed to be the launch site for manned Soyuz missions to the International Space Station, when launches switched from the Soyuz-FG carrier rocket to the Soyuz-2, which was unable to use the launch pad at Site 1/5. However, Site 1/5 has undergone modifications that allow the manned ISS missions to be launched from it. Only few manned missions to the International Space Station are launched from Site 31/6 (Soyuz TMA-06M, Soyuz TMA-15M, Soyuz MS-02), when Site 1/5 is unavailable.

It was first used on 14 January 1961, for an R-7A ICBM test mission. It is currently used for commercial Soyuz-FG/Fregat missions, and Soyuz-2 launches. In the 1970s and early 1980s, several manned missions were launched from the site.

Coordinates: 45°59′46″N 63°33′51″E / 45.99611°N 63.56417°E / 45.99611; 63.56417



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