Editing Plesetsk Cosmodrome (section)

=== Site 41 (Dismantled) ===
'''Site 41''', also known as '''Lesobaza''' and '''SK-1''', was a [[launch complex]] at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in [[Russia]]. It consisted of a single pad, Site 41/1, and was used by [[R-7 (rocket family)|R-7]] derived rockets between 1959 and 1989.

Site 41 was originally built for use by [[R-7A Semyorka]] missiles. During the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]], an armed missile was placed on Site 41. It would have had a response time of 8–12 hours should an order have been given to launch it.<ref name="aePlesetsk">{{cite web |last=Wade |first=Mark |title=Plesetsk |url=http://www.astronautix.com/sites/plesetsk.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229175958/http://www.astronautix.com/sites/plesetsk.htm |archive-date=2007-12-29 |access-date=2009-03-18 |publisher=[[Encyclopedia Astronautica]]}}</ref> No launches were conducted from Site 41 whilst it was operational.

In 1963, the complex was converted for use by [[Launch vehicle|carrier rockets]]. The first launch from the complex was a [[Sub-orbital spaceflight|suborbital]] test of an R-7A Semyorka missile, on 14 December 1965. The first orbital launch from the complex occurred on 17 March 1966, when a [[Vostok-2 (rocket)|Vostok-2]] rocket launched [[Kosmos 112]]. In total, 308 orbital and two suborbital launches were conducted from the complex, using R-7A, Vostok-2, [[Vostok-2M]], [[Voskhod (rocket)|Voskhod]] and [[Soyuz-U]] rockets. The last launch to use the complex was of a Soyuz-U with [[Bion 9]] on 15 September 1989.<ref name="aePlesetsk" /><ref name="EA">{{cite web |last=Mark |first=Wade |title=Soyuz |url=http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/soyuz.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107163113/http://astronautix.com/lvs/soyuz.htm |archive-date=2010-01-07 |access-date=2009-03-06 |publisher=Encyclopedia Astronautica}}</ref> Since this launch, the pad has been disassembled.