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Baikonur Cosmodrome
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Bayqonyr, Kazakhstan Latitude & Longitude: 45.964725, 63.308716 Views: 204 Posted By: bmeyer2 (05/09/2008) Editted: 0 time(s) |
Categories: - Transportation --> Spacecraft - Military & War --> Bases |
bmeyer2 (05/09/2008)
Baikonur Cosmodrome is the oldest and largest operational space launch facility in the world. It was originally constructed in 1955 as a Soviet long-range missle site and later expanded for space. The Russian Space program continues to use the site.
Notable flights from Baikonur include (cited from Wikipedia):
- The first ICBM.
- Sputnik 1, the first satellite.
- Yuri Gagarin, the first man in an orbital flight.
- Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space.
See the Wikipedia article for more information, as well as a list of launchpads: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome