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White Sea Launch Area

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Original archive entry. The text, images and links below are kept as they were written.

Submarine-launched ballistic missile area.

Country
Russia
Launch Vehicles
R-11FM, Vysota, R-31, Volna, Rif, Bulava

Chronology

59 events

1955 September 12

14:32 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: B-67. LV Family: R-11. Launch Vehicle: R-11FM.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: Korolev bureau. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). The third test series was conducted from the Project 611 submarine B-67 through 13 October 1955 in the White Sea. This demonstrated launches from a pitching surfaced vessel and a total range of 150 km..

1961 October 19

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: ZULUV. Launch Vehicle: R-13.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi).

1971 December 15

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: K-145. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Vysota.
  • Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1972 Jan

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: K-145. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Vysota.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1972 Mar

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: K-145. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Vysota.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1972 Apr

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: K-145. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Vysota.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1972 May

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: K-145. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Vysota.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 0 km (0 mi).

1972 August 1

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: PLBR. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Vysota.
  • Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Launched from White Sea Launch Area, Beloye More, Archangel'sk Oblast' - Latitude: 65.50 N - Longitude: 38.00 E..

1972 September 1

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: PLBR. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Vysota.
  • Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Launched from White Sea Launch Area, Beloye More, Archangel'sk Oblast' - Latitude: 65.50 N - Longitude: 38.00 E..

1972 October 1

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: PLBR. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Vysota.
  • Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Launched from White Sea Launch Area, Beloye More, Archangel'sk Oblast' - Latitude: 65.50 N - Longitude: 38.00 E..

1972 November 25

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: PLBR. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Vysota.
  • Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Launched from White Sea Launch Area, Beloye More, Archangel'sk Oblast' - Latitude: 65.50 N - Longitude: 38.00 E..

1972 November 28

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: PLBR. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Vysota.
  • Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Launched from White Sea Launch Area, Beloye More, Archangel'sk Oblast' - Latitude: 65.50 N - Longitude: 38.00 E..

1972 November 28

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: PLBR. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Vysota.
  • Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Launched from White Sea Launch Area, Beloye More, Archangel'sk Oblast' - Latitude: 65.50 N - Longitude: 38.00 E..

1972 December 14

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: PLBR. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Vysota.
  • Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Launched from White Sea Launch Area, Beloye More, Archangel'sk Oblast' - Latitude: 65.50 N - Longitude: 38.00 E..

1972 December 14

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: PLBR. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Vysota.
  • Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Launched from White Sea Launch Area, Beloye More, Archangel'sk Oblast' - Latitude: 65.50 N - Longitude: 38.00 E..

1972 December 14

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: PLBR. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Vysota.
  • Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Launched from White Sea Launch Area, Beloye More, Archangel'sk Oblast' - Latitude: 65.50 N - Longitude: 38.00 E..

1972 December 14

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: PLBR. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Vysota.
  • Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Launched from White Sea Launch Area, Beloye More, Archangel'sk Oblast' - Latitude: 65.50 N - Longitude: 38.00 E..

1974 Oct

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: PLBR. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Vysota.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1974 Oct

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: PLBR. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Vysota.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1976 November 1

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: PLBR. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Volna.
  • Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Launched from White Sea Launch Area, Beloye More, Archangel'sk Oblast' - Latitude: 65.50 N - Longitude: 38.00 E..

1976 December 22

04:30 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: K-140. Launch Vehicle: R-31.
  • Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Launched from White Sea Launch Area, Beloye More, Archangel'sk Oblast' - Latitude: 65.50 N - Longitude: 38.00 E..

1980

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: PLBR. LV Family: R-29. Launch Vehicle: Volna.
  • Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Launched from White Sea Launch Area, Beloye More, Archangel'sk Oblast' - Latitude: 65.50 N - Longitude: 38.00 E..

1982 June 29

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: R-39. Launch Vehicle: Rif.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1982 July 21

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: R-39. Launch Vehicle: Rif.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1982 July 22

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: R-39. Launch Vehicle: Rif.
  • Mil variant - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1982 August 12

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: R-39. Launch Vehicle: Rif.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1982 August 12

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: R-39. Launch Vehicle: Rif.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1982 September 1

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: R-39. Launch Vehicle: Rif.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1982 September 1

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: R-39. Launch Vehicle: Rif.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1982 September 1

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: R-39. Launch Vehicle: Rif.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1982 October 14

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: R-39. Launch Vehicle: Rif.
  • Silo Test launch - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1982 October 14

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: R-39. Launch Vehicle: Rif.
  • Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Launched from White Sea Launch Area, Beloye More, Archangel'sk Oblast' - Latitude: 65.50 N - Longitude: 38.00 E..

1982 October 14

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: R-39. Launch Vehicle: Rif.
  • Test mission - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Launched from White Sea Launch Area, Beloye More, Archangel'sk Oblast' - Latitude: 65.50 N - Longitude: 38.00 E..

1982 December 2

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: R-39. Launch Vehicle: Rif.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1982 December 12

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: R-39. Launch Vehicle: Rif.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1982 December 12

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: R-39. Launch Vehicle: Rif.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

1982 December 12

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: R-39. Launch Vehicle: Rif.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

2003 December 11

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: R-39. Launch Vehicle: Grom.
  • RSM-52M / R-39UTTKh / Grom test - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Launched from White Sea Launch Area, Beloye More, Archangel'sk Oblast' - Latitude: 65.50 N - Longitude: 38.00 E..

2005 September 27

13:22 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava.
  • Bulava SLBM first flight. - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). SLBM Development - first flight of new SLBM. Launched from TK-208 Dmitry Donskoy in the White Sea Launch Area..

2005 December 21

05:19 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava.
  • Bulava SLBM test - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). First submerged launch of the Bulava SLBM. Hit the designated impact area at Kura in the Kamchatka Peninsula..

2006 September 7

15:50 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Bulava SLBM test - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).

2006 October 25

13:05 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Bulava SLBM test - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi).

2006 December 24

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava. FAILURE: Failure.
  • Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).

2007 June 28

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava.
  • Bulava SLBM test - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). The warhead impacted on target in the Kamchatka Peninsula. This was the first successful launch after two consecutive failures..

2007 November 10

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: 65.5 N x 38.0 E. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava. FAILURE: Failure.
  • R&D - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1.00 km (0.60 mi).

2008 September 18

14:45 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava.
  • Kura - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).

2009 July 15

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava.
  • St 1 fail (Kura) - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi).

2009 December 9

06:45 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava. FAILURE: Third stage went into a wild spiral maneuver, creating a tremendous celestial spectacle visible all over Scandinavia.. Failed Stage: 3.
  • Bulava test - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Failed Bulava launch. Third stage went into a wild spiral maneuver, creating a tremendous celestial spectacle visible all over Scandinavia..

2010 October 7

03:10 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava.
  • RV x 3 - . Nation: Russia. Agency: VMF. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). R&D test..

2010 October 29

02:10 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: TK-208. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava.
  • RV x 3 - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). R&D test..

2011 June 28

11:55 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: K-535. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava.
  • RV x 6 - . Nation: Russia. Operational test; from the White Sea to the Kura test range in Kamchatka. This was the first launch from the new 955-class submarine K-535 Yuri Dolgorukiy..

2011 August 27

03:20 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: K-535. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava.
  • RV x 6 - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Test mission. Launched from the White Sea to an impact point in the Pacific Ocean..

2011 October 28

03:40 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: K-535. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava.
  • Bulava test - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Test mission. Launched from the White Sea to the Kura range..

2011 December 23

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: K-535. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava.
  • Bulava test - . Nation: Russia. Salvo test into Kura test range..

2011 December 23

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: K-535. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava.
  • Bulava test - . Nation: Russia. Salvo test into Kura test range..

2013 September 6

05:20 GMT - . Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Pad: K-550. Launch Platform: K-550. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava.
  • Bulava RV - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). Bulava missile launch from the submarine K-550 Aleksandr Nevskiy; meant to fly from the White Sea to the Kura range in Kamchatka, but the second stage failed..

2014 September 10

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: K-551. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava.
  • RV - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Test flight..

2015 November 14

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: K-155. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava.
  • RV - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Test mission. Impacted in Kura, Kamchatka..
  • RV - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Test mission. Impacted in Kura, Kamchatka..

2016 September 27

Launch Site: White Sea Launch Area. Launch Platform: K-535. LV Family: Topol'. Launch Vehicle: Bulava.
  • RV - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Test mission. Impacted in Kura, Kamchatka..