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Dombarovsky (air base)

Coordinates:51°02′56″N59°51′12″E/ 51.04889°N 59.85333°E/51.04889; 59.85333
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Dombarovsky
Yasnaya
Yasny,Orenburg Oblastin Russia
Dombarovsky is located in Orenburg Oblast
Dombarovsky
Dombarovsky
Shown within Orenburg Oblast
Dombarovsky is located in Russia
Dombarovsky
Dombarovsky
Dombarovsky (Russia)
Coordinates51°02′56″N59°51′12″E/ 51.04889°N 59.85333°E/51.04889; 59.85333
TypeAir Base
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorStrategic Rocket Forces
Site history
In use1953-present
Airfield information
IdentifiersICAO:XWTD
Elevation265 metres (869 ft)AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
Concrete
Helipads
Number Length and surface
04/22 210 metres (689 ft) Concrete

Dombarovsky(also given asDombarovskiyandTagilom) is amilitary airbase5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of the village of Dombarovsky, nearYasnyin Russia'sOrenburg Oblast.Operated by theSoviet Air Defence Forcesand later by theRussian Air Force,it hostedfighter interceptorsquadrons and hosts anICBMbase (which has been adapted for commercial satellite launches) with a supporting helicopter base.

The site is divided into three sites:

Interceptor base[edit]

The facility featured three revetment compounds.

The 412th Fighter Aviation Regiment (412 IAP PVO) flew from the base from August 1949 with the La-11, MiG-15, and MiG-17 to 1962.[3]By the 1970s it was flying theSukhoi Su-9(Fishpot) aircraft.[4]The regiment replaced it in 1978 with theMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23M (Flogger-B).[4]From 1953-60 it reported to the101st Fighter Aviation Division PVO,and then to the19th Air Defence Corpsof the4th Independent Air Defence Army.It disbanded in 1993.

Other reporting of the763rd Fighter Aviation Regiment(763 IAP) flying MiG-23 aircraft in 1991[5]appears to be incorrect. The 763rd Fighter Aviation Regiment was, it appears from more recent data, flying fromYugorsk-2.

ICBM base[edit]

Dombarovsky is also the home of the 13th Dombarovsky Red Banner Division,31st Missile Armyof theStrategic Rocket Forces.The base was built during the mid-60s along with the majority of theSovietICBMbases.

The first base commander was Major-General Dmitri Chaplygin.[6]Up to 10 units of Strategic Rocket Forces were based in the area, each with anywhere from 6 to 10 operational silos. At the peak of operations, Dombarovsky maintained a total of 64siloson full alert. By 2002, according to the Russian press, the number had dropped to 52. The missiles deployed in the region were primarily the RS-20 type and its sub-variants.

On December 22, 2004, the Rocket Forces conducted from the base a test launch of anR-36M2to theKamchatka Peninsula.[7]

Commercial launches[edit]

With the conversion of the R-36M ICBM for use as a satellitelaunch vehicle,theDneprsystem, Dombarovsky has launched a number of commercial payloads. These civilian launches are operated by the Russian Air Force[citation needed]on behalf of the launcher's operator, Russian/Ukrainian consortiumKosmotras.Kosmotras calls the facilityYasny launch base,and has constructed additional facilities necessary for commercial satellite launch operations, includingclean roomintegration facilities.[8]

Launch Date (UTC) Vehicle Payload Launch pad Result Remarks / References
1 July 12, 2006 Dnepr Genesis I Dombarovsky Success Bigelow Aerospacepayload, in a 550 km, 64.5 degree inclination orbit[citation needed]
2 June 28, 2007 Dnepr Genesis II Dombarovsky Success Bigelow Aerospacepayload, orbit nearly identical to Genesis I[citation needed]
3 October 1, 2008 Dnepr THEOS Dombarovsky Success Launched forGISTDA[citation needed]
4 June 15, 2010 Dnepr Prisma,Picard,BPA-1 Dombarovsky Success [9]
5 August 17, 2011 Dnepr
Dombarovsky Success [10]
6 August 22, 2013 Dnepr KOMPSat-5 Dombarovsky Success South Korea's satellite inLEOorbit[11]
7 November 21, 2013 Dnepr
Dombarovsky Success 32 satellites, most of themcubesats[12][13]
8 June 19, 2014 Dnepr
Dombarovsky Success 37 satellites[14]
9 November 6, 2014 Dnepr
Dombarovsky Success Japanesesatellites[15]
10 March 25, 2015 Dnepr KOMPSat-3A Dombarovsky Success South Korea's satellite inLEOorbit[16]

References[edit]

  1. ^"412th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO".Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991.Retrieved4 December2022.
  2. ^ab"13th Orenburgskaya Red Banner Missile Division".Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991.Retrieved4 December2022.
  3. ^"412th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO".Archived fromthe originalon 2024-02-27.Retrieved2024-07-08.
  4. ^abPHASEOUT OF FISHPOT IN APVO STRANYY AIRFIELDS USSR,February 1981, CREST: CIA-RDP81T00380R000100980001-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
  5. ^"Aviatsiya PVO".Aviabaza KPOI.
  6. ^Dombarovskiy (Yasny) ICBM siteArchivedFebruary 8, 2007, at theWayback Machine
  7. ^"Dombarovskiy".Astronautix.2007-11-17. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-12-16.Retrieved2008-05-15.
  8. ^ "Yasny launch base".Kosmotraswebsite.
  9. ^ Stephen Clark (15 June 2010)."French Sun Satellite and Swedish Experiment Blast Off on Russian Rocket".Spaceflight Now (Space).Retrieved22 November2013.
  10. ^ "RASAT takes off into space".Anatolia News Agency. 17 August 2011.
  11. ^William Graham (2013-08-22)."Russian Dnepr rocket launches with Arirang-5".NASASpaceflight.
  12. ^ Stephen Clark (November 21, 2013)."Silo-launched Dnepr rocket delivers 32 satellites to space".Spaceflight Now.Retrieved22 November2013.
  13. ^Stephen Clark (21 November 2013)."Silo-launched Dnepr rocket delivers 32 satellites to space".Spaceflight Now.Retrieved22 November2013.
  14. ^Stephen Clark (19 June 2014)."Russian Dnepr rocket lofts record haul of 37 satellites".Spaceflight Now.Retrieved19 June2014.
  15. ^Stephen Clark (6 November 2014)."Japanese satellites launched on Soviet-era missile".Spaceflight Now.Retrieved7 November2014.
  16. ^William Graham and Chris Bergin (2015-03-25)."Russia's Dnepr rocket launches Kompsat-3A mission".NASASpaceflight.
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