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- Wann
- 18. März 1980
- Art
- Explosion
- Koordinaten
- 62.96° N, 40.68° E
- Description
- Vostok-2M rocket explosion during refueling
- Deaths
- 48
1980 Plesetsk launch pad disaster
Vostok-2M rocket explosion during refueling
The 1980 Plesetsk launch pad disaster was the explosion of a Vostok-2M rocket carrying a Tselina-D satellite during fueling at Site 43/4 of the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the town of Mirny in the Soviet Union at 19:01 local time (16:01 UTC) on 18 March 1980, two hours and fifteen minutes before the intended launch time. Forty-four people were killed in the initial fire and four more soon died in the hospital from burns.
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