The resulting explosion completely destroyed the launch pad, and was reported to have lifted a 1,000 tonne metal structure 20 metres into the air, and to have caused significant damage to lighting towers 100 metres from the pad.

These included large mobile access towers, which would have allowed the crew to board a spacecraft on top of the rocket.

The towers are not used in uncrewed launch operations, as all systems are automated, and no access to the rocket is required.

In March 2023, it became public that the Baiterek Kazakh-Russian joint venture in charge of the site had filed a claim of about 2 billion rubles (30.3 million US-Dollar) to TsENKI, a Roscosmos subsidiary in charge of handling ground-based infrastructure, as Roscosmos had failed its obligation to conduct an environmental impact assessment of Site 45.

[6] This effectively delayed the Baiterek project and the development of the Irtysh launch vehicle, which had been scheduled to start from Site 45 in 2024.