Headquarters of an RVSN Division, 1964-present. Operated 64 heavy ICBM silos (R-36/R-36M). One silo was modified to launch surplus R-36M missiles as orbital launch vehicles, and used for used for 3 launches from 2004 to 2007.

2004 December 22 - 08:30 GMT - Launch Vehicle: R-36M. R-36M2 ICBM demonstration flight Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). The sixteen-year old missile was launched from an operational ICBM base and its dummy warheads impacted in the test range on the Kamchatka Peninsula after a 6,000 kilometer flight. The test was touted as a demonstration of use of the surplus ICBM's, launched directly from their silos, for launch of commerical orbital payloads, in lieu of more expensive decommissioning. Others saw it as the beginning of the development of Dombarovskiy into a new spaceport, on Russian soil, in replacement of Baikonur.

2006 July 12 - 14:53 GMT - Launch Vehicle: R-36M. Genesis 1 Mass: 1,360 kg (2,990 lb). Spacecraft: Genesis Pathfinder. Agency: Bigelow. Perigee: 552 km (342 mi). Apogee: 565 km (351 mi). Inclination: 64.50 deg. Period: 95.80 min. One third scale version of the privately-financed Nautilus inflatable human space habitat module.