Kapustin Yar

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Kapustin Yar
Капустин Яр
Russian Federation
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Coordinates	48°35′N 45°43′E / 48.59°N 45.72°E / 48.59; 45.72
Site information
Owner	Russian Federation
Controlled by	Russian Aerospace Forces
Open to the public	No
Site history
Built	1946 (1946)
Built by	Soviet Union

Kapustin Yar (Russian: Капустин Яр) is a Russian military training area and a rocket launch complex in Astrakhan Oblast, about 100 km east of Volgograd. It was established by the Soviet Union on 13 May 1946. In the beginning, Kapustin Yar used technology, material, and scientific support gained from the defeat of Germany in World War II. Numerous launches of test rockets for the Russian military were carried out at the site, as well as satellite and sounding rocket launches. The towns of Znamensk and Kapustin Yar (air base) were built nearby to serve the missile test range.