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	Baikonur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baikonur (Kazakh: Байқоңыр; Russian: Байконур), formerly known as Leninsk, is a city in Kazakhstan administered by Russia.
		It was constructed to service the Baikonur Cosmodrome and was officially renamed Baikonur by Boris Yeltsin on December 20, 1995.
		The original Baikonur is a mining town a few hundred kilometres northeast.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baikonur (169 words)

	Baikonur Cosmodrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The name Baikonur was chosen to intentionally mislead the West as to the actual location of the site by suggesting that the site was near Baikonur, a mining town about 320 km northeast of the space centre in the desert area near Dzhezkazgan.
		Baikonur was the base of operations for the Soviets' ambitious space program from the late 1950s to the '80s and fully equipped with facilities for launching both manned and unmanned space vehicles.
		Baikonur is also the site of the Nedelin catastrophe in 1960, in which a prototype ICBM exploded before launch, killing over 100 people.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome (658 words)

	Baikonur Cosmodrome
		The Baikonur Cosmodrome, the oldest space launch facility in the world, is the launch complex where the Earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, lifted off.
		Baikonur extends for 85 kilometers from north to south, and 125 kilometers from east to west.
		The Baikonur Cosmodrome is in a barren area of the Republic of Kazakhstan, approximately 2,100 kilometers (1,300 miles) southeast of Moscow.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Dictionary/BAIKONUR/DI171.htm (509 words)

	Baikonur Cosmodrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is situated about 200 km to the east of the Aral Sea, on the north bank of the Syr Darya, near the town of Tyuratam, in the south-central part of the country.
		Baikonur was the chief operations center of the Soviets' ambitious space program from the late 1950s through the '80s and is equipped with complete facilities for launching both manned and unmanned space vehicles.
		Many historic flights originated in Baikonur: the first artificial satellite in October 4, 1957, the first manned orbital flight by Yuri Gagarin in 1961, and the flight of the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova in 1963.
	www.elpasoderobles.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Baikonur_cosmodrome (451 words)

	ESA - Integral - The launch site - Baikonur
		It was from Baikonur that the first satellite to orbit the Earth was launched, and that Yuri Gagarin, the first man to orbit the Earth, was launched into space and the history books in 1961.
		However, Baikonur, the name of a mining town 350 kilometres away, was given to the spaceport to register Yuri Gagarin’s historic mission.
		Baikonur has been used for all Soviet and CIS manned launches and for most lunar, planetary and geostationary orbit launches.
	www.esa.int /SPECIALS/Integral/ESAKQNPV16D_0.html (250 words)

	Baikonur - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Baikonur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		However, it was renamed Baikonur by Russian president Boris Yeltsin in 1996, ending decades of confusion.
		Although situated 322 km/200 mi to the northeast, the town gave its name to the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the launch site of all Soviet and Russian manned space missions since the flight from here of the first human in space.
		Baikonur used to have lignite (brown coal) workings, but these have long been exhausted.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Baikonur (200 words)

	Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Facilities - Russia and Space Transportation Systems
		In truth, the launch facilities are located 400 km to the southwest near the railhead at Tyuratam The Soviets built the city of Leninsk near the facility to provide apartments, schools, and administrative support to the tens of thousands of worker at the launch facility.
		Baikonur is the origin of all manned and man-related (e.g., space stations and resupply ships), lunar, interplanetary, high-altitude navigation, and GEO missions.
		Baikonur will also be critical for the deployment and the routine operations of the International Space Station.
	www.globalsecurity.org /space/world/russia/baikonur.htm (806 words)

	Baikonur Cosmodrome (NIIP-5/GIK-5)
		Energia-Buran facilities: The central region of the Baikonur Cosmodrome occupied by the Energia-Buran facilities.
		Baikonur Cosmodrome, aka TyNIIP-5 test range, is traditionally subdivided into three regions, which used to be dominated by the launch and processing facilities of the major players in the Soviet rocketry -- Sergei Korolev, Mikhail Yangel and Vladimir Chelomei.
		A virtual tour along the historic road, connecting the town of Baikonur, formerly known as Leninsk, with the launch facilities deep in the steppe.
	www.russianspaceweb.com /baikonur.html (1765 words)

	Baikonur Cosmodrome
		Construction of the secret missile site began in 1955 and it was from here that the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, and the first manned spacecraft, Vostok 1, were launched.
		In fact, the launch complex is about 370 km southwest of Baikonur town, near the railway station and village of Tyuratam and close to Leninsk city.
		Baikonur's facilities are now in regular demand for commercial satellite launches and to supply the international space station now orbiting the Earth.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/B/Baikonur.html (296 words)

	SPACE.com -- Baikonur Cosmodrome Eyeing the Future
		Kuchnir said the changes from military to civilian authority have progressed at such a pace in the last several years that tracking the actual number of personnel working at the cosmodrome was impossible.
		Until a few years ago, the city of Baikonur -- a dusty and depressing town without private transportation located 30 miles (48 kilometers) from the cosmodrome -- was formerly known as Leninsk by Russian and Kazakh authorities.
		Baikonur's population, which peaked at more than 100.000 in the 1980s, fell to a record low in the mid 90s -- to 60,000 inhabitants.
	www.space.com /businesstechnology/baikonur_cosmodrome_000710.html (1038 words)

	ILS: International Launch Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Baikonur Cosmodrome, located approximately 2,100 km (1,300 miles) southeast of Moscow, has four Proton launch pads, two of which are configured to support commercial launch processing.
		From Baikonur, Proton can be launched along three distinct easterly azimuths enabling space station, GTO and planetary missions to be accommodated.
		The commercial and residential center of the region is the city of Baikonur (formerly Leninsk).
	www.ilslaunch.com /launchsites/complex81 (273 words)

	Russian Rockets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Baikonur Cosmodrome is the launch complex where Sputnik 1, Earth's first artificial satellite, was launched.
		Baikonur is the only Russian site that has launched satellites into retrograde orbits.
		Baikonur is also the only Russian launch site capable of launching the Proton launch vehicle, which will be used for several Station missions.
	liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov /rsa/pads.html (236 words)

	USATODAY.com - Kazakhstan hopes to fulfil space dreams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan —; The Russians who run this Soviet-built cosmodrome, which launched the first man into space, once ridiculed the local Kazakhs as not fit to join in their ascents to the heavens.
		The Russian Soyuz TMA-4 booster rocket is mounted to the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome on April 17 in Kazakhstan.
		Baikonur has gained additional importance since the U.S. space shuttle was grounded last year following the Columbia disaster, making the site the only gateway to the international space station.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/news/2004-06-07-kazakhs-in-space_x.htm (926 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Study says Baikonur launches toxic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A spokesman for the Baikonur complex told Nature that the health of the local population is continually monitored and that no problems have been identified.
		The amount is being paid in different ways, such as infrastructure repair in the Baikonur region and free studies for Kazakh officers in Russian military schools.
		The effect was that Baikonur City became a sort of Russian enclave in the center of Kazakhstan.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details_print.cfm?id=10586 (821 words)

	Space Adventures — Baikonur Cosmodrome < Destinations < Background Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Baikonur lies on the north bank of the Sy Darya River, about 100 miles (160 km) northwest of Kyzylorda.
		Baikonur is also the home of all manned and man-related (e.g.
		Baikonur also plays an essential role in the deployment and routine operation of the International Space Station.
	www.spaceadventures.com /media/info/destinations/baikonur (259 words)

	Baikonur Cosmodrome Turns 50
		BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) _ Born in Cold War secrecy and the scene of Soviet space triumph and tragedy, the Baikonur cosmodrome marked its 50th anniversary Thursday, hailed by the presidents of Russia and Kazakhstan as a technological workhorse on the wind-swept steppes of Central Asia.
		Baikonur launched the first satellite and the first man into space, and is now home to the Soyuz rockets that service the international space station, shuttling crucial deliveries, along with Russian cosmonauts and American and European astronauts.
		Baikonur also sent the first woman into space, Valentina Tereshkova, in 1963, and was used for missions that built and maintained the space station Mir in the 1980s and 1990s.
	www.space.com /ap_baikonur_anniv_050602.html (651 words)

	What awaits Baikonur Cosmodrome? - Pravda.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Baikonur includes 9 starting complexes, 15 launching pads, 34 technical departments, 500 kilometers of railroad, 1200 kilometers of expressways, and 2500 kilometers of transmission cables.
		Baikonur was also the starting ground for both Salut and Mir.
		In 2002, Baikonur was the leader in launching rockets and satellites.
	english.pravda.ru /main/18/88/354/11758_baikonur.html (788 words)

	Baikonur Cosmodrone
		There is another town in Kazakhstan named Baikonur, but it is about 200 miles to the east.
		Baikonur was established as the 5th Scientific and Research Test Range (NIIP-5) in 1955.
		It is estimated that Baikonur will remain essential to the Russian space program for another 10 years.
	www.worldspaceflight.com /russia/baikonur.htm (258 words)

	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
		During the period from June 2 to June 4, 2000 the celebration dedicated to the 45th anniversary of Baikonur (former Leninsk) took place.
		At present Russia has an agreement with Kazakhstan of exploitation of Baikonur for 20 years with the future extension of the agreement.
		Nowadays Baikonur is an island of Russia on the huge territory of Kazakhstan.
	www.advantour.com /kazakhstan/baikonur.htm (630 words)

	ESA Science & Technology: Launch Information
		Built in 1955, when Kazakhstan was part of the Soviet Union, Baikonur covers 6717 square km and extends 75 km from north to south and 90 km from east to west.
		It was from Baikonur that the first satellite to orbit the Earth was launched, and from Baikonur that Yuri Gagarin, the first man to orbit the Earth, was launched into space and the history books in 1961.
		However, Baikonur, the name of a mining town 350 km away, was given to the spaceport to register Yuri Gagarin's historic mission.
	sci.esa.int /science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=31644&fbodylongid=958 (272 words)

	Baikonur Cosmodrome on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		BAIKONUR COSMODROME [Baikonur Cosmodrome] formerly secret aerospace launch complex, Qyzylorda prov., S central Kazakhstan, near Leninsk (now Baikonur) but c.200 mi (320 km) SW of the mining town of Baikonur, whose name it was given to mislead the curious.
		Baikonur Cosmodrome Celebrates 50th Anniversary on June 2nd.
		Russia to launch foreign satellites from Baikonur Cosmodrome.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/BailCos.asp (288 words)

	RussianSpaceWeb.com
		Dnepr booster to launch the Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft from Baikonur for the US-based TransOrbital commecial venture toward the Moon.
		Delayed from Oct. 20, 2005: A Proton to launch the Astra-1KR comsat from Baikonur for SES Astra.
		Russia launched a classified military payload, believed to be a photographic reconnaissance satellite to replenish the country's dwindling military assets in orbit.
	www.russianspaceweb.com (5930 words)

	Shuttle-Mir History/Background/Baikonur
		The Baikonur Cosmodrome is Russia's largest launch facility.
		Because of the breakup of the Soviet Union, Baikonur is now in the territory of Kazakhstan, and Russian must negotiate rent for its use.
		In his Oral History, former NASA astronaut Joe Engle described Baikonur, Kazakhstan, as "an enormous, vast, desolate" area, and said that the facilities there, "by virtue of the lack of funding, have not been kept up...
	spaceflight.nasa.gov /history/shuttle-mir/history/h-b-russia-baikonur.htm (288 words)

	sciforums.com - Bye Bye Baikonur!
		A special Russian rescue brigade left Moscow for Baikonur, some 1,300 miles southeast of Moscow, and Kazakh authorities were waiting for them before taking action, Turezhanov said.
		Baikonur is Russia's main commercial rocket launching site and is rented from Kazakhstan by Russia for its space program.
		This has deep metaphorical meaning- the Russian crews scrambling the roof, trying hard not to die along with their post-soviet pride, their leaders trying hard to figure how to spin so it won't seem entirely like Russia has died along with the Cosmodrome (and it probably already has).
	www.sciforums.com /showthread.php?t=7484 (317 words)

	[FPSPACE] Baikonur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We stayed at "Baikonur" hotel, in the direct neighbourhood of Starsem´s western-style "Sputnik" hotel."Baikonur" is used by high officials and has quite comfortable rooms with shower and all, what you need, including phone, air condition, TV.
		All in all, the saw 90 percent of the civil part of the Baikonur cosmodrome.
		Baikonur is an interesting town, full a young people and beautiful woman (this is no exaggeration).
	www.friends-partners.org /pipermail/fpspace/2000-September/000308.html (520 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| Russian cosmodrome roof collapses
		A specialist team of 30 rescue workers is being flown from Moscow to help recover victims and they are expected to arrive in Baikonur shortly.
		The Baikonur cosmodrome, Russia's main commercial launch site, was built in the 1950s and is the oldest working launch site in the world.
		Russia has been leasing Baikonur from Kazakhstan since 1993, though the two former Soviet countries have on several occasions been at odds over rent payments and accidents during launches.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/1982895.stm (405 words)

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