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Plesetsk - Chronology

On January 11, 1957, the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR adopted a Resolution on the creation of an intercontinental ballistic missile compound - the Angara facility in the Plesetsk District of the Arkhangelsk Region.
On July 15, 1957, Guard Colonel M.G. Grigoriev signed order No. 1, in which he announced his assumption of the post of commander of military unit 13991 and the beginning of the formation of the Angara facility.
September 1957. The first organizational group, 17 officers and 86 soldiers and sergeants, arrived at its permanent deployment site at Plesetskaya station.
On May 19, 1958, the first combat launch station was formed in the formation (42nd BSS - military unit 13973). Colonel G.K. Mikheev.
June 1958. The construction of a residential town began, which was named Lesnoye.
On December 20, 1958, a military hospital was opened (the first head was Colonel of the Medical Service V.A.Perotin).
On February 7, 1959, the Angara facility was named the 3rd Artillery Training Range.
On July 30, 1959, the personnel of the 42nd BSS, commanded by the guard Colonel G.K. Mikheev, the first combat training launch of R-7 ICBMs in the history of the Armed Forces was carried out (from the territory of the Baikonur cosmodrome).
On December 12, 1959, the construction of a launcher No. 1 for the R-7 rocket was completed on pl. 41.
On January 1, 1960, the combat crew of the 42nd BSS under the command of the guard Colonel G.K. Mikheeva took up combat duty with the R-7 rocket on the launcher No. 1.
On April 15, 1960, the combat crew of the 48th BSS (military unit 14003) under the command of Colonel N.I. Tarasova took up combat duty with the R-7 rocket on the launcher No. 2.
On July 15, 1961, the combat crew of the 70th BSS (military unit 14056) under the command of Colonel G.M. Merzlyakova took up combat duty with an R-7 rocket on launchers No. 3 and 4.
August 1961. The village of Lesnoye was renamed into the village of Mirny.
On May 8, 1962, Major General S.F. Shtanko.
September 11 - November 21, 1962, units of the 3rd UAP were brought to the highest degree of combat readiness in connection with the Cuban missile crisis.
On January 2, 1963, a Resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR was adopted on the construction of a "Research and Development Test Site for Rocket and Space Weapons of the USSR Ministry of Defense" near the Ileza station in the Velsky District of the Arkhangelsk Region.
On April 1, 1963, Major General G.E. Alpaidze.
On September 16, 1963, by a decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, the 3rd UAP and NIIP were transformed into the 53rd research testing ground. Major General G.E. Alpaidze.
On October 22, 1963, the first combat training launch of the R-16U rocket from the silo launcher No. 11pl was carried out from the territory of the test site. 25 (commander Colonel D.T. Gushcha).
On May 26, 1964, the 3rd Scientific Testing Directorate for Measurements and Mathematical Processing was created. Colonel N.N. Borisov.
October 1964. The beginning of the construction of measuring points in the area of the starting positions, pos. Railway Komi ASSR, Naryan-Mar, on the island. New Earth.
December 14, 1965 - the first combat training launch of the R-7A missile from launcher No. 1 pl. 41 (commander Colonel M.D.Dudin).
February 2, 1966 - a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR on the transformation of the village of Mirny into a closed city of regional subordination.
March 17, 1966 - the first launch from the territory of the test site of the spacecraft "Kosmos-112" by the carrier rocket "Vostok-2" with launcher No. 1 pl. 41 (commander Lieutenant Colonel A.F.Bulychev).
March 18, 1966 - the beginning of the formation of the 4th test department, headed by Colonel P.P. Shcherbakov.
November 4, 1966 - the first launch of a solid-propellant rocket RT-2 with silo No. 1 pl. 161 (commander Lieutenant Colonel Yu.A. Yashin).
On January 20, 1967, the Strategic Missile Forces Training Center was created. Commander Colonel V.Ya. Granddaughters.
February 28, 1967 - the first launch of the Vostok-2M carrier rocket with the first Meteor spacecraft at the test site with launcher # 1 pl. 41 (commander Lieutenant Colonel A.F.Bulychev).
March 16, 1967 - the first launch of the Kosmos-2 carrier rocket with launcher no. 1 pl. 133 (commander Colonel I.M. Kozhemyako).
May 15, 1967 - the first launch of the Kosmos-3M carrier rocket with launcher # 2, pl. 132 (commander Colonel I.M. Kozhemyako).
May 16, 1967 - the first launch of the R-9A ICBM with silo No. 12 pl. 31 (commander Colonel V.V. Yakovlev).
October 24, 1967 - the first launch of the RT-20P ICBM from the square. 157 (commander Lieutenant Colonel Yu.A. Yashin).
On February 22, 1968, the training ground was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for great services in the creation of new types of weapons and military equipment.
August 20 - September 2, 1968, for the second time in the history of the training ground, military units were brought to the highest degree of combat readiness.
December 20, 1968 into a near-earth orbit with a launch vehicle "Cosmos-2" with launcher No. 1 pl. 133 the first spacecraft at the test site was launched under the program of international cooperation "Interkosmos" (commander Colonel IM Kozhemyako).
July 18, 1969 - the first launch of the R-14U ICBM with launcher No. 1 pl. 131 (commander Colonel I.M. Kozhemyako).
January 16, 1970 - the first launch of the RT-2P ICBM with silo No. 2 pl. 161 (commander Colonel V.I. Shabarov).
February 19, 1970 - the first launch of the Molniya-M carrier rocket with the first spacecraft of the Molniya series with launcher No. 4 pl. 43 (commander Colonel I.M.Bugor).
December 27, 1971 - the first launch of the Soyuz-M launch vehicle with launcher No. 4 pl. 43 (commander Colonel I.M.Bugor).
March 14, 1972 - the first launch of the Temp-2S ICBM from pl. 157 (commander Colonel N.V. Mazyarkin).
On April 4, 1972, the first launch of a foreign satellite was carried out by the domestic launch vehicle Molniya-M with launcher # 4 pl. 43. It was the French small satellite MAC-1.
On July 10, 1972, the jubilee spacecraft "Kosmos-500" was launched by the carrier rocket "Kosmos-3M" with launcher # 2 pl. 132 (commander Lieutenant Colonel A.A. Avseevich).
On December 13, 1972, for high performance in combat and political training and in honor of the 50th anniversary of the formation of the USSR, the training ground was awarded a jubilee honorary badge.
May 18, 1973 - the first launch of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle with launcher no. 3 pl. 43 (commander Lieutenant Colonel V.V. Tatyankin).
June 26, 1973 during the preparation of the launch vehicle "Cosmos-3M" on the square as a result of the explosion of the Kosmos-3M rocket, ready to launch, killed 9 soldiers. In memory of them, a memorial complex was laid in the town of Mirny.
October 31, 1973 - the first launch of the Bion series spacecraft by the Soyuz-U launch vehicle with launcher no. 3 pl. 43 (commander Lieutenant Colonel V.V. Tatyankin).
On April 25, 1974, as part of the 53rd NIIP, two test departments were created for testing launch vehicles and spacecraft. The 1st test department was headed by Colonel B.G. Zudin, 2nd test department - Major General G.K. Mikheev.
May 9, 1975 - Victory Park was founded in Mirny.
On August 26, 1975, Major General Yu.A. Yashin.
On February 6, 1976, the 5th test department was formed, which included 42 launchers with Temp-2S missiles. Commander Colonel Zh.I. Bazilyuk.
June 19, 1976 - the first launch of the AUOS series spacecraft by the Kosmos-3M launch vehicle with launcher no. 1 pl. 132 (commander Colonel Ya.P. Savko).
On January 18, 1977, the landfill was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor for great services in the creation, testing and production of special equipment.
June 24, 1977 - the first launch of the Cyclone-3 carrier rocket with launcher # 2 pl. 32 (commander Colonel V.A.Ostapenko).
On July 15, 1977, on the day of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the landfill, the monuments to V.I. Lenin, the founders of the garrison and the city, Jubilee square.
March 31, 1978 - the jubilee launch of the Kosmos-1000 spacecraft by the Kosmos-3M launch vehicle with launcher No. 1 pl. 132 (commander Colonel V.A.Zakharov).
November 1978. Monuments to the Soldier-Liberator and Cosmos-1000 were opened.
February 12, 1979 - the first launch of the Okean series spacecraft by the Cyclone-3 launch vehicle with launcher no. 2 pl. 32 (commander Colonel V.A.Ostapenko).
On June 5, 1979, Major General V.L. Ivanov.
September 5, 1979 - the first launch of the Resource spacecraft by the Soyuz-U launch vehicle with launcher no. 1 pl. 41 (commander Colonel I.F. Klimov).
November 7, 1979 - the grand opening of the "Eternal Flame" memorial.
March 18, 1980 during the preparation of the Vostok-2M carrier rocket at launcher # 4 pl. 43 an explosion occurred during refueling with hydrogen peroxide. 48 people were killed. The rocket was installed on the launch pad on March 17, the autonomous and general tests preceding the launch were passed without comment. The explosion took place 2 hours 15 minutes before the start. As most of the witnesses showed, first a flash was noticed in the region of the third stage, then an explosion occurred and an extensive fire began, accompanied by another three or four explosions. To investigate the incident, a government commission was created, headed by the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, Leonid Smirnov. Based on the results of the work, nine versions of what happened were proposed, all of them called the leak of hydrogen peroxide at the time of filling the launch vehicle as the root cause. The combat crew, which was preparing the missile for launch, was found to be directly responsible for the explosion. On February 5, 1996, on the basis of the Act of the Interdepartmental Commission for Additional Investigation of the Causes of the Catastrophe, on March 18, 1980, the combat crew was rehabilitated. As established by the commission, the catastrophe was not the fault of the personnel of the combat crew of the cosmodrome.
September 29, 1981 - the first launch of the Topol rocket as part of a mobile ground-based missile system from Sq. 167 (commander Colonel M.S.Fomchenkov).
May 1982. The 1st and 2nd test directorates of the 53rd NIIP are transferred to operational subordination to the Main Directorate of Space Means of the USSR Ministry of Defense, which was withdrawn from the Strategic Missile Forces. To control the space units of the 53rd NIIP, the position of the head of space units - deputy head of the NIIP, was introduced, to which Major General B.G. Zudin.
June 30, 1982 - the first launch of the "Nadezhda" series spacecraft by the "Cosmos-3M" launch vehicle with launcher # 1 pl. 132 (commander Colonel V.A.Khakhulin).
October 26, 1982 - the first launch of RT-23 ICBMs with silo No. 2 pl. 163 (commander Colonel A.A. Bezeluk).
On August 16, 1983, the formation of the 6th scientific and testing department for testing mobile soil complexes began (commander Colonel M.D. Zholudev).
September 28, 1983 - the launch of the jubilee spacecraft "Kosmos-1500" by the carrier rocket "Cyclone-3" with launcher # 1 pl. 32 (commander Lieutenant Colonel V.A.Grafinin).
January 18, 1984 - the first launch of the RT-23 BZHRK rocket from the square. 163 (commander Colonel B.P. Koval).
June 21, 1984 Major General G.A. Kolesnikov was appointed head of the range
July 1984. A control and test base has been created for the transfer of the Topol RK from manufacturing plants to missile units (commander Lt. Col. V. I. Perekhodchenko).
April 16, 1985 - the first launch of the Foton series spacecraft by the Soyuz-U launch vehicle with launcher no. 1 pl. 41 (commander Lieutenant Colonel V.A.Grin).
On December 4, 1985, Major General I.I. Oleinik.
On January 4, 1986, for courage and military valor displayed in the performance of assignments by the Soviet government and the USSR Minister of Defense, the training ground was awarded the Pennant of the USSR Minister of Defense and the rolling Red Banner of the Military Council of the Missile Forces.
On July 17, 1987, the stele was opened for testers of rocket and space technology.
in October 1987, 5 people died because of a fire in military unit No. 13973;
February 10, 1989 - the launch of the jubilee spacecraft "Kosmos-2000" by the carrier rocket "Soyuz-U" with launcher No. 1 pl. 41 (commander Colonel A.V. Akinin).
July 1989 - the "Cosmos-2000" monument was unveiled in Mirny.
On December 1, 1989, an oxygen-nitrogen plant was formed. Commander Colonel S.G. Zolotarev.
December 1989. On the basis of the 1st and 2nd test departments of the
53rd NIIP, the Center for Testing and Application of Space Means was created, which was headed by Colonel V.A. Grin.
On April 26, 1990, by the directive of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces, the 53rd
NIIP was renamed into the 53rd State Proving Ground.
On July 1, 1991, Major General A.N. Perminov.
April 29, 1992 - Russian President B.N. Yeltsin during the launch of the Resurs-F2 spacecraft.
On July 27, 1992, the Military Space Forces were created by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation.
On November 16, 1992, the Resurs-500 spacecraft was launched by the Soyuz-U launch vehicle with launcher # 2 pl. 16 within the framework of the Europe - America-500 project. On November 22, the satellite landed near the American city of Seattle.
On December 1, 1992, the Information Submission and Control Center was established. Chief Colonel V.I. Bloodless.
On March 25, 1993, the first launch of the
Start-1 carrier rocket was carried out from pl. 158 (commander Lieutenant Colonel D.G. Bespalov).
July 1993. The Main Center for Testing and Using Space Means (headed by Colonel A.F. Ovchinnikov) was established as part of the Military Space Forces. It included the 1st test department (headed by Colonel V.M. Kabanov), the 2nd test department (headed by Colonel V.P. Kriklivy).
On August 4, 1993, Major General Yu.M. Zhuravlev.
On August 31, 1994, a US Strategic Command delegation led by Admiral H.J. Chase Jr. visited the test site.
On November 11, 1994, by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation, the 1st State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was created on the basis of the Main Center for Testing and Application of Space Means. Major General A.F. Ovchinnikov.
On December 20, 1994, the first launch of the Topol-M ICBM was carried out from the silo launcher on the square. "Yuzhnaya-1" (commander Colonel NM Kretinin).
On March 1, 1997, Colonel V.P. Pronikov.
On November 1, 1997, the Information and Analytical Center was established. Chief Colonel A.P. Grigoriev.
On December 15, 1997, on the basis of the 1st GIK and the 53rd GIP, the 1st GIK of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was formed as part of the Strategic Missile Forces.
On January 24, 1998, by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Yu.M. Zhuravlev.
On May 1, 1998, the 4th missile systems test center was formed. Chief Colonel V.Yu. Tyshetsky.
On June 12, 1999, Major General G.N. Kovalenko.
On September 28, 1999, the chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation E.S. Stroyev.
On December 14, 1999, the cosmodrome was visited by the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin.
May 16, 2000 - the first launch of the Rokot conversion launch vehicle with launcher no. 3 pl. 133, two Iridium spacecraft mock-ups (commander Colonel AI Shevkunov) were launched into orbit as a payload.
June 28, 2000 - the first launch from the Plesetsk cosmodrome into a sun-synchronous orbit. The spacecraft “Nadezhda”, “SNAP-1” (Great Britain), “Tsinghua-1” (China) were launched by the launch vehicle “Cosmos-3M” with launcher # 1 pl. 132 (commander Colonel A.I. Shevkunov).
September 27, 2000 - the first launch of the Topol-M ICBM as part of a mobile ground-based missile system from pl. 167 (commander Colonel M.V. Piskunov).
On March 24, 2001, the Space Forces were created by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation.
On June 1, 2001, the cosmodrome was removed from the Strategic Missile Forces and included in the Space Forces.
On February 25, 2002, the cosmodrome was visited by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation
S.B. Ivanov.
On May 28, 2002, the cosmodrome was visited by the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation S.M. Mironov.
On October 15, 2002, a few seconds after the launch, a Soyuz-U rocket exploded, one person died;
November 28, 2002 - the first launch of the Mozhaets spacecraft by the Kosmos-3M launch vehicle with launcher no. 1 pl. 132 (commander Colonel A.I. Shevkunov).
On March 22, 2003, by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Major General A.A. Bashlakov.
On October 30, 2003, the cosmodrome was visited by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation S.B. Ivanov.
On February 17-18, 2004, the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin visited the Plesetsk cosmodrome, where he took part in a large-scale exercise of Russia's strategic forces.
On November 8, 2004, the first launch of the upgraded Soyuz-2 launch vehicle with launcher # 4 pl. 43 (commander Colonel V.S.Schepanyak).
On December 24, 2004, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation S.B. Ivanov and Minister of Economic Development and Trade G.O. Gref.
On January 20, 2005 the Governor of the Vologda Region V.E. Pozgalev, head of the cosmodrome, Lieutenant General A.A. Bashlakov and the head of the 1st center, Colonel A.I. Shevkunov signed a Cooperation Agreement.
On May 24, 2005, for the first time, the airfield of the Plesetsk cosmodrome received an Il-76 heavy-class aircraft with a spacecraft on board.
On October 5, 2005, the commander of the Space Forces, Colonel-General V.A. Popovkin and the governor of the Arkhangelsk region N.I. Kiselev signed a Cooperation Agreement.
On April 4-6, 2006, a delegation from the US Strategic Command led by General James Cartwright visited the cosmodrome.
On July 15, 2006, members of the family of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant General G.E. Alpaidze solemnly handed over his awards to the cosmodrome museum for eternal storage.
On November 4, 2006, a cooperation agreement was signed between the cosmodrome and the Arkhangelsk and Kholmogorsk dioceses.
December 14, 2006 Russian President V.V. Putin visited the Plesetsk cosmodrome in order to get acquainted with the results of the first stage of gasification of the cosmodrome, the progress of the tests of the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle and the prospects for the creation of the Angara space rocket complex. He was accompanied by the Minister of Defense S. B. Ivanov, the head of Spetsstroy, General of the Army N.P. Abroskin, commander of the Space Forces, Colonel-General V.A. Popovkin, Governor of the Arkhangelsk Region N.I. Kiselev, Chairman of the Management Board of OJSC Gazprom A. B. Miller.
On December 19, 2006, the launch vehicle "Kosmos-3M" with the German spacecraft "SAR-Lupe" with launcher # 1 pl. 132 (commander Colonel A.P. Matios).
On December 24, 2006, the first launch of the Soyuz-2 carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage and the Meridian new generation spacecraft with PU no. 4 pl. 43 (commander Colonel V.S.Schepanyak).
January 28, 2007 - the 5th anniversary of the "Officer of the Year" competition.
February 27, 2007 - a visiting meeting of the board of chief designers of the "Angara" spacecraft at the Plesetsk cosmodrome.
June 2007. Scientific and practical conference dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the launching of the cosmodrome.
July 15, 2007 - the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Plesetsk cosmodrome.
On November 9, 2013, during the planned work on cleaning the container from under the rocket fuel, 2 officers of the technical base of the cosmodrome were killed, three servicemen were hospitalized with poisoning.

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