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    coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh...
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    Spaceport (redirect from Cosmodrome)
    A spaceport or cosmodrome is a site for launching or receiving spacecraft, by analogy to a seaport for ships or an airport for aircraft. The word spaceport...
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    coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Plesetsk Cosmodrome (Russian: Космодром «Плесецк», tr. Kosmodrom "Plesetsk", IPA: [kəsmɐˈdrom...
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    The Vostochny Cosmodrome (Russian: Космодром Восточный, romanized: Kosmodrom Vostochnyy, "Eastern Spaceport") is a Russian spaceport above the 51st parallel...
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  • site located approximately 15 km north of Svobodny, Amur Oblast. The cosmodrome was originally constructed as a launch site for intercontinental ballistic...
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    (53 mi) north to south, with the cosmodrome situated at the area's centre. Foreign visitors and tourists can visit the cosmodrome and city but need to obtain...
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    Dombarovsky (also given as Dombarovskiy and Tagilom) is a military airbase 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of the village of Dombarovsky, near Yasny in...
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  • (Russian: Радуга meaning Rainbow), is a launch complex at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. It is used by Rockot, and previously Kosmos carrier rockets...
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    43, also known as SK-3 and SK-4, is a launch complex at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. It consists of a two pads, Sites 43/3 and 43/4, and has been...
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    and Tsyklon. Additionally, the Soviet Union's main spaceport, Baikonur Cosmodrome, was located in Kazakhstan, and Russia encountered difficulties negotiating...
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    also known as Baikonur Site 1 or Site 1/5 was a launch site at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan that was used for the Soviet space program and Roscosmos...
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    launch of the Angara-A5 heavy rocket was carried out from the Plesetsk cosmodrome - Russian Defense Ministry]. Interfax (in Russian). 27 December 2021....
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    The Vostochny Cosmodrome Site-1A (Russian: Площадка-1A) is a launch complex currently under construction at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Oblast, Russia...
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    Site 200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome is a launch site used by Proton rockets. It consists of two launch pads, areas 39 and 40. Area 39 is currently (as...
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  • Site 35 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a launch complex used by Russia's Angara rocket. The complex has a single launch pad, Site 35/1, which was first...
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  • prototype missiles had been reportedly built and delivered to Plesetsk Cosmodrome for trials, but the test program was delayed to re-check key hardware...
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    Soyuz rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome...
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  • Thumbnail for Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81
    Site 81 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome is a launch site used, along with Site 200, by Proton rockets. It consists of two launch pads, areas 23 and 24. Area...
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    carrying a Tselina-D satellite during fueling at Site 43 of the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Mirny at 19:01 local time (16:01 GMT) on 18 March 1980, two hours and...
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  • test instrumentation and life support. Before leaving for the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Yazdovsky and Gazenko conducted surgery on the dogs, routing the cables...
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    facilities include Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the world's first and largest spaceport, and Vostochny Cosmodrome, which is being built in the...
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    Kim Jong Un and Putin meeting at Vostochny Cosmodrome in 2023 where Kim gave his support for Russia's "sacred fight" against the West...
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    were first launched from Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, and Site 43 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, launch facilities shared with earlier R-7 derived...
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    at the Kapustin Yar test site. Baikonur Cosmodrome Vostochny Cosmodrome Plesetsk Cosmodrome Svobodny Cosmodrome Area 51 White Sands Missile Range The UK...
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    Воздушно-космических сил (особого назначения)) (Krasnoznamensk) 1st State Test Cosmodrome of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defence "Plesetsk" (1-й Государственный...
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    be the site of a new Vostochny Cosmodrome ("Eastern Spaceport"), to reduce Russian dependence on the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The first rocket...
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    Soyuz MS-25 is an ongoing Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight from Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station. This is the first launch of two women...
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    service the cosmodrome. In the mid-1950s, the Soviet Union announced that space activities were being conducted from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which was...
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    99611; 63.56417 Baikonur Site 31, also known as Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, is a launch site used by derivatives of the R-7 Semyorka...
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    the Soviet Union was dissolved on 26 December 1991. With the Baikonur Cosmodrome and the landing area both being located in the newly independent Kazakhstan...
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