MZK and SDI

The Assembly and Fueling Facility (MZK) and Dynamic Test Stand (SDI) on Site 112A, both turned over to RKK Energiya, are no longer being used and have not been refurbished for years. The MZK now serves a storage facility for two full-scale orbiters (the 2K flight vehicle and the OK-MT engineering test model). The SDI still houses a mock-up of the Energiya-M launch vehicle. The Russian Space Agency is considering dismantling these facilities [81].

Energiya-Buran launch pads

The two Energiya-Buran launch pads 37 and 38 on Site 110 of the cosmodrome (the former N-1 pads), now owned by the Nllkhimmash organization, are in poor shape. Maintenance work was discontinued in 1993 and many parts were stolen by mar­auders. The underground levels of the pads are flooded with an estimated 50,000 m3 of water. All that Nllkhimmash does is to guard the pads and ensure that any useful remaining parts can be used in other programs. Six boxcars’ worth of equipment was dismantled for use in the Sea Launch program. If this site is ever reactivated, the cheapest option will probably be to tear down the existing infrastructure and build new launch pads from scratch [82].