| Dombarovsky | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: none | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military | ||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||
| Location | Dombarovsky | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 869 ft / 265 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 8,202 | 2,500 | Concrete | |
Dombarovsky (also given as Dombarovskiy and Tagilom) is an interceptor aircraft base in Orenburg Oblast, Russia located 6 km northwest of the village of Dombarovsky, near Yasny. The facility featured three revetment compounds.
Units stationed at Dombarovsky include:
Dombarovsky is also the home of the 13th Dombarovsky Red Banner Division, 31st Missile Army of the Strategic Rocket Forces. The base was built during the mid-60s along with the majority of the Soviet ICBM bases. Its coordinates are different: 50 45 59 N, 59 32 40 E.
The first base commader was Major-General Dmitri Chaplygin.[2] Up to 10 units of Strategic Rocket Forces were based in the area, covering anywhere from 6 to 10 operational silos. At the peak of operations, Dombarovsky maintained a total of 64 silos on full alert. By 2002, according to the Russian press, the number had dropped to 52. The missiles deployed in the region were primarily the RS-20 type and its sub-variants. Imagery of the missile base can be easily obtained by Google Earth, showing the transport network and individual silos northeast towards Lake Zhetykol.
On December 22, 2004, the Rocket Forces conducted from the base a test launch of an R-36M2 to the Kamchatka Peninsula.[3] Currently it is used by launch service provider ISC Kosmotras for commercial launches of Dnepr rockets.
As of October 1, 2008 three spacecraft have been launched from Dombarovskiy using Dnepr-1 rockets.[4] They are:
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