Kapustin Yar (Russian Капустин Яр; today Знаменск/Snamensk ) is a Russian rocket launch site in the Astrakhan Oblast, between Volgograd and Astrakhan. In 1947 the first Russian large rocket, a reproduction of the German A4-Rakete, was launched there. Numerous test rockets for the Russian military, satellite rockets and elevator research rockets were also launched at the site.
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