Baikonur Cosmodrome : Baikonur cosmodrome

Baikonur Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport in Kazakstan. It is located about 200km east of the Aral Sea, on the right (north/east) side of the Syr Darya.

It was constructed by the Soviet Union, initially as a test site for intercontinental ballistic missiles. The location is near the Kazak village of Tyuratam which was a station on the main Moscow to Tashkent railway. A new city was constructed to service the cosmodrome; the city was renamed Baikonur in the 1990s. The name "Baikonur" was originally a futile attempt to hide the location of the massive facility, chosen during the publicity of the first manned space mission: the original Baikonur is a mining town a few hundred kilometres northeast.

All Russian manned space missions and launches to geostationary orbit take place at Baikonur.

External link

RussianSpaceWeb.com on Baikonur (http://www.russianspaceweb.com/baikonur.html)

		Baikonur Cosmodrome : Baikonur cosmodrome
		Baikonur Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport in Kazakstan. It is located about 200km east of the Aral Sea, on the right (north/east) side of the Syr Darya. It was constructed by the Soviet Union, initially as a test site for intercontinental ballistic missiles. The location is near the Kazak village of Tyuratam which was a station on the main Moscow to Tashkent railway. A new city was constructed to service the cosmodrome; the city was renamed Baikonur in the 1990s. The name "Baikonur" was originally a futile attempt to hide the location of the massive facility, chosen during the publicity of the first manned space mission: the original Baikonur is a mining town a few hundred kilometres northeast. All Russian manned space missions and launches to geostationary orbit take place at Baikonur. External link RussianSpaceWeb.com on Baikonur (http://www.russianspaceweb.com/baikonur.html)
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