Site 109/95 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome is a missile silo built for use by the R-36 missile which has been converted into a launch site for the Dnepr-1 carrier rocket.Nineteen R-36 ICBMs were launched on test flights from Site 109 between its activation in 1974 and deactivation in 1983. It was subsequently reactivated for the Dnepr programme which uses a modified R-36 missile to place satellites into orbit. The Dnepr made its maiden flight from Site 109 on 21 April 1999.
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