Yasny (Russian: Я́сный) is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located 502 kilometers (312 mi) southeast of Orenburg, the administrative center of the oblast.

[citation needed] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Yasny serves as the administrative center of Yasnensky District,[3] even though it is not a part of it.

[4] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the Town of Yasny[1]—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

[citation needed] As a municipal division, the territories of the Town of Yasny and of Yasnensky District are incorporated as Yasnensky Urban Okrug.

[11][6] The Dombarovsky Cosmodrome, located near Yasny, is a rocket launch site.