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>>16037285
>I don't know if they have anything in GEO but I don't think they have the launch capacity for that

Plesetks and Vostochny are so far north that GEO launches from there really have to compromise their payload mass due to correct the inclination.

>>15678262
>If russia can’t even figure out how to cheaply transport 4.1m diameter tanks across their own country

There have been proposals for super heavy lift rockets that get around the tunnel width limits by being very kerbal.

https://www.russianspaceweb.com/superheavy.html

>Roscosmos says it would jump-start the frozen development of the super-heavy launcher next year "...on the instructions from the president."
>Apparently, recent pics of SLS and Starship made quite an impression on somebody who never uses the Internet ;)