बायकोनूर कॉसमोड्रोम
Also known as Baykonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam, State Test Range No. 5, 5 GIK, GIK-5
cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, used by Russia
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Baikonur Cosmodrome is a rocket launch facility located in Kazakhstan that Russia uses to send spacecraft and astronauts into space. It is one of the world's most important spaceports and has been the primary launching point for Russian space missions for decades.
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- Elevation
- 90
- Image
- Soyuz expedition 19 launch pad.jpg
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- Commons category
- Baikonur Cosmodrome
- inception
- 1955-06-02
- date of official opening
- 1955-00-00
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