Kapustin Yar military testing range

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Kapustin_Yar_military_testing_range
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military testing range
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:4th_State_Central_Interspecific_Test_Site
gptkb:Kapustin_Yar_Cosmodrome
gptkbp:country gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:established 1946
gptkbp:historicalRegion gptkb:Soviet_Union
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kapustin Yar military testing range
gptkbp:ICAO_code XWKR
gptkbp:latitude 48.573° N
gptkbp:location gptkb:Astrakhan_Oblast
gptkbp:longitude 45.785° E
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Znamensk
gptkbp:notable_for gptkb:early_Soviet_space_program
UFO
Soviet missile development
gptkbp:notable_launch gptkb:Kosmos-2I_rocket
gptkb:Kosmos-3M_rocket
gptkb:R-1_rocket
gptkb:R-2_rocket
gptkb:R-5_rocket
R-12 rocket
gptkbp:notableEvent first Soviet dog in space (Dezik and Tsygan, 1951)
first Soviet suborbital launches
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Russian_Ministry_of_Defence
gptkbp:runwayLength 2,500 m
gptkbp:used_in gptkb:Soviet_Armed_Forces
gptkb:Russian_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:usedFor missile testing
nuclear test
space launches
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Znamensk
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7