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  • Sary Shagan
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  • Sary Shagan (; ) is an anti-ballistic missile testing range located in Kazakhstan at coordinates . On 17 August 1956 the Soviet Council of Ministers authorized plans for an experimental facility for missile defense located at Sary Shagan, on the west bank of Lake Balkhash. The first missile launched from the facility was a V-1000 on 16 October 1958, but the facilities for full scale testing were not ready until 1961. Sary Shagan remains in use to this day, with the latest known launch at 16 October 2012. Sary Shagan was a closed city until 2005.[citation needed]
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Status
  • active
Country
  • Kazakhstan
Name
  • Sary Shagan
Type
  • Anti-ballistic missile testing range
Dates
  • - current
Operator
  • Russia
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  • Sary Shagan (; ) is an anti-ballistic missile testing range located in Kazakhstan at coordinates . On 17 August 1956 the Soviet Council of Ministers authorized plans for an experimental facility for missile defense located at Sary Shagan, on the west bank of Lake Balkhash. The first missile launched from the facility was a V-1000 on 16 October 1958, but the facilities for full scale testing were not ready until 1961. Sary Shagan remains in use to this day, with the latest known launch at 16 October 2012. Sary Shagan was a closed city until 2005.[citation needed] The length of the site is 480 km. The Sary Shagan range was the intended landing site for the sample return canister of the Russian Phobos Grunt mission.[citation needed]