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{{Infobox launch pad
|name = Site 81
|image = Proton Zvezda.jpg
|imgsize = 250
|caption = A [[Proton-K]] with the [[Zvezda (ISS module)|Zvezda]] Service Module of the [[International Space Station]] during launch from LC-81/23.
|site = [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]]
|location =
|operator = [[RVSN]], [[VKS]], [[Russian Federal Space Agency|RKA]]
|tlaunches = 186
|inclination = 49° – 99°
|pads = 2
| paddetails =
{{Infobox launch pad/pad
| designation = Site 81/23
| status = Inactive
| launches = 104
| first = {{Start date|1965|07|16|df=y}} |first_details = [[Proton (rocket)|UR-500]] / [[Proton 1]]
| last = 27 March 2004 |last_details = [[Proton-K]]/[[Blok DM-2|DM-2]] / [[Globus No.17L]] 
| rockets = [[Proton (rocket)|UR-500]]<br/>[[Proton-K]]
}}
{{Infobox launch pad/pad
| designation = Site 81/24
| status = Active
| launches = 82
| first = 22 November 1967 |first_details = [[Proton-K]]/[[Blok D|D]] / [[Soyuz 7K-L1 No.5L]]
| last = 9th June 2016 |last_details = [[Proton-M]]/[[Briz-M]] / [[ Intelsat DLA2 («Интелсат ДиЭлЭй-2») ]]
| rockets = [[Proton-K]]<br/>[[Proton-M]] (active)
}}
}}
'''Site 81''' at the [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] is a launch site used, along with [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 200|Site 200]], by [[Proton (rocket family)|Proton rockets]]. It consists of two launch pads, areas 23 and 24. Area 24 is used for Proton-K and Proton-M launches, while Area 23 is inactive.

Several planetary probes have been launched from Site 81. Area 23 was used to launch [[Mars 3]], [[Mars 4]], [[Mars 6]] and [[Venera 11]], whilst Area 24 was used by [[Mars 2]], [[Mars 5]], [[Mars 7]], [[Venera 9]], [[Venera 10]] and [[Venera 12]]. Several [[Luna programme|Luna]] probes were also launched from both areas.

The [[Zarya]] and [[Zvezda (ISS module)|Zvezda]] modules of the [[International Space Station]], as well as [[Salyut 2]], [[Salyut 3|3]] and [[Salyut 5|5]], and the [[Spektr]] and [[Priroda]] modules of [[Mir]], were launched from Area 23. Area 24 was used to launch [[Salyut 1]], [[Salyut 4|4]] and [[Salyut 6|6]].

On 2 July 2013, a [[Proton-M]]/[[Blok DM-03|DM-03]] launched from Site 81/24 carrying three [[GLONASS]] navigation satellites. Immediately after liftoff, the rocket began to pitch over, and rolled out of control. The rocket fell close to the launch pad and exploded, the extent of any damage to Site 81 or the Baikonur Cosmodrome is unclear.

==References==

*{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/sites/baic8123.htm |title=Baikonur LC81/23 |first=Mark |last=Wade |publisher=Encyclopedia Astronatuica |accessdate=2008-12-15 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202182748/http://www.astronautix.com/sites/baic8123.htm |archivedate=2 December 2008 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/sites/baic8124.htm|title=Baikonur LC81/24|first=Mark|last=Wade|publisher=Encyclopedia Astronatuica|accessdate=2008-12-15| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081202184003/http://www.astronautix.com/sites/baic8124.htm| archivedate= 2 December 2008 | deadurl= no}}

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