Editing Plesetsk Cosmodrome (section)

=== Site 32 (Inactive) ===
'''Site 32''' at the Cosmodrome is a [[launch complex]]<ref name="Burleson2007">{{cite book |author=Daphne Burleson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T5BTAAAAMAAJ |title=Spacecraft Launch Sites Worldwide |publisher=McFarland |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-7864-2411-5}}</ref> formerly used by [[Tsyklon-3]] [[carrier rocket]]s. It consists of a two launch pads, Site 32/1 and Site 32/2, which were used between 1977 and 2009. It has the [[GRAU index]] '''11P868'''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Zak |first=Anatoly |title=Cosmodrome Plesetsk |url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/plesetsk.html |accessdate=2009-03-17 |publisher=RussianSpaceWeb}}</ref>

In 1970, the building of a highly automated launch complex for Tsyklon-3 booster began at Site 32, which was designed by [[Omsk Transmash Design Bureau]] led by Chief Designer [[Vladimir Chelomey|Vladimir Nikolayevich Chelomey]].<ref name="Burleson2007" /> The first launch from Site 32 was conducted from pad 2 on 24 June 1977, with the first from Site 32/1 following on 23 January 1980. The last launch from Site 32/1 occurred on 28 December 2001. Site 32/2 was retired on 30 January 2009, along with the Tsyklon-3. All 122 Tsyklon-3 launches were conducted from the site. 57 launches were recorded as having been from pad 1 and 65 were recorded from pad 2.