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Baikonur spaceport

Baikonur Cosmodrome
Russian: Космодром Байконур
Kosmodrom Baykonur
Baikonur Cosmodrome Soyuz launch pad.jpg
Baikonur Cosmodrome's "Gagarin's Start" Soyuz launch pad prior to the rollout of Soyuz TMA-13, 10 October 2008
Summary
Airport type Spaceport
Owner/Operator Roscosmos
Russian Aerospace Forces
Location  Kazakhstan/ Russia
Time zone UTC+06:00 (+06:00)
Elevation AMSL 90 m / 300 ft
Coordinates 45°57′54″N 63°18′18″E / 45.96500°N 63.30500°E / 45.96500; 63.30500
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Baikonur Cosmodrome is located in USSR
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome is located in Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome is located in Kazakhstan
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome

Baikonur Cosmodrome (Russian: Космодро́м Байкону́р Kosmodrom Baykonur; Kazakh: Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы Bayqoñ'yr ğar'yş aylağ'y) is a spaceport located in an enclave of Russia within southern Kazakhstan.

Baikonur Cosmodrome is the world's first and largest operational space launch facility. The spaceport is located in the desert steppe of Baikonur, about 200 kilometres (124 mi) east of the Aral Sea and north of the river Syr Darya. It is near the Tyuratam railway station and is about 90 metres (300 ft) above sea level.

The spaceport is currently leased by the Kazakh Government to Russia until 2050, and is managed jointly by the Roscosmos State Corporation and the Russian Aerospace Forces.

The shape of the area leased is an ellipse, measuring 90 kilometres (56 mi) east–west by 85 kilometres (53 mi) north–south, with the cosmodrome at the centre. It was originally built by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s as the base of operations for the Soviet space program. Under the current Russian space program, Baikonur remains a busy spaceport, with numerous commercial, military, and scientific missions being launched annually. All crewed Russian spaceflights are launched from Baikonur.


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