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	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 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, Sputnik 1, on 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome (405 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 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baikonur (formerly 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 (136 words)

	Russia and Kazakhstan mark space launch - Boston.com - Science - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.boston.com /news/science/articles/2005/06/02/russia_and_kazakhstan_mark_space_launch (694 words)

	Baikonur Cosmodrome
		The former Soviet Union used the name and coordinates of a small mining town, Baikonur, to describe its secret rocket complex, with the aim of concealing its true location.
		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 (300 words)

	Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Facilities - Russia and Space Transportation Systems
		The Baikonur Cosmodrome (also known as Tyuratam) is the oldest space launch facility in the world.
		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.fas.org /spp/guide/russia/facility/baikonur.htm (806 words)

	Baikonur Cosmodrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Baikonur Cosmodrome (Russian: Космодром Байконур, Kosmodrom Baykonur), also called Tyuratam, is the world's oldest and largest working space launch facility.
		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.
		The agreement extends Russia’s rent term of the spaceport Baikonur till 2050.
	www.americancanyon.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Baikonur_cosmodrome (451 words)

	ESA - ESA Permanent Mission in Russia - Baikonur Cosmodrome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
	esa.int /SPECIALS/ESA_Permanent_Mission_in_Russia/SEMRSA1XDYD_0.html (251 words)

	What awaits Baikonur Cosmodrome? - PRAVDA.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Leasing terms of the Baikonur Cosmodrome is the toughest issue to be discussed at the upcoming summit
		The planet's largest Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is often referred to as “stairs to the sky”.
		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.
	english.pravda.ru /printed.html?news_id=11758 (570 words)

	Regions and facilities of Baikonur
		Although Baikonur has always been known around the world as the launch site of Russia's space missions, from its outset in 1955 and until the collapse of the USSR in 1991, the primary purpose of this center was to test liquid-fueled ballistic missiles.
		According to the official data (116) released at the beginning of the 1990s, the Baikonur Cosmodrome had 11 assembly buildings and nine launch complexes with 15 launch pads for space boosters.
		The early tests of the Cosmos-1 booster and all launches of the Zenit-2 rocket were also conducted from the launch pads on the "right flank" of Baikonur Cosmodrome.
	www.russianspaceweb.com /baikonur_facilities.html (1142 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.
		Baikonur Cosmodrome is the only site from where the Proton can be launched.
	www.russianspaceweb.com /baikonur.html (1725 words)

	ESA - Science - Home - Baikonur Cosmodrome
		Baikonur Cosmodrome is located at 45.6°N 63.4°E in the flat grasslands of the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan.
		In fact, the launch complex is about 370 kilometres south-west of Baikonur town, near the railway station and village of Tyuratam and close to Leninsk city.
		Baikonur Cosmodrome is home to several launch vehicles.
	www.esa.int /esaSC/SEMHTF9YFDD_index_0.html (244 words)

	Columbia Lost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The other is Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, a sprawling plain littered with derelict structures.
		Many of the buildings at Baikonur look weather beaten on the outside, but the ones used for processing rockets are modern inside.
		Not so Baikonur, where Lu and Malenchenko are about to launch from the same pad where Laika the space dog launched in 1957 and where Yuri Gagarin made his historic flight around the Earth in 1961.
	www.floridatoday.com /columbia/columbiastory2A50628A.htm (797 words)

	baikonur cosmodrome
		Starsem was also a partner in building the Sputnik Hotel, a facility situated close to the Cosmodrome in the city of Baikonur.
		The Cosmodrome is situated in the Republic of Kazakhstan in central Asia, between 45° and 46° North latitude and 63° East longitude.
		An international agreement forged between Russia and Kazakhstan to use the Cosmodrome until 2020 ensures the long-term operation of Soyuz from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
	www.starsem.com /soyuz/baikonur.htm (230 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)

	SPACE.com -- Baikonur Cosmodrome Eyeing the Future
		Located 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) southeast of Moscow in the desolate central steppes of the Kazakh Republic, the huge cosmodrome is spread over an area of 78 by 58 miles (158 by 93 kilometers).
		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 (1100 words)

	Space Adventures — Baikonur Cosmodrome < Destinations < Background Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Baikonur Cosmodrome is located in Kazakhstan east of the Aral Sea (63 E and 46 N) in the semiarid zone with sharply continental climate.
		Another advantage of the cosmodrome location is the fact that typical for this location is a great deal of clear days on a yearly basis.
		The residential area of the cosmodrome is the modern town of Baikonur located on the right bank of the Syrdarya River.
	www.kosmotras.ru /bay2.htm (326 words)

	Baikonur, @ WiRELEFT.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The main residential area of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, home to generations of Russian servicemen and their family members, lays on the right bank of the Syr Darya River in...
		Baikonur Cosmodrome Baikonur Cosmodrome is the launch complex where Sputnik 1, Earth's first artificial satellite, was launched.
		Expedition with 3rd space tourist arrives at Baikonur to depart...Gazeta.KZ, Kazakhstan - Sep 18, 2005Cosmonauts of the main and backup crews of the 12th expedition to the International Space Station have arrived at Baikonur cosmodrome, Federal Space Centre...
	www.wireleft.com /baikonur, (1121 words)

	A Visit to Baikonur
		The Baikonur Cosmodrome was established in 1955 about 30 kilometres from the rail stop of Tyuratam, now known as Leninsk, where most of the workers who service the cosmodrome live.
		Baikonur, which is at the same latitude as Montreal and Geneva, is still much farther north than Cape Canaveral or the French launching site near the equator at Kourou in French Guiana.
		Driving from Leninsk to our quarters at the Cosmodrome, Boris Lokhmachov, who had worked at Baikonur for nearly 35 years, greeted us with the news that we were in an "ecological disaster area" due to the draining of the nearby Aral Sea for irrigation projects.
	www.spaceistheplace.ca /baik.html (3519 words)

	Space Today Online - Spaceports Around the World - Russia
		Baikonur Cosmodrome actually is located at 45.6oN and 63.4oE.
		Baikonur is a large cosmodrome with nine launch complexes encompassing fifteen launch pads.
		Plesetsk Cosmodrome is located in Russia at 2.8oN and 40.1oE, which allows the launch of communications satellites and spy satellites to polar and highly elliptical orbits.
	www.spacetoday.org /Rockets/Spaceports/Russia.html (576 words)

	cooltech.iafrica.com \| tech news Russia to develop two cosmodromes
		Russia is to develop two cosmodromes with the aim of eventually giving up the use of the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as a satellite launch site, Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Tuesday.
		The Plesetsk cosmodrome in Russia's far north is set to replace the Kazakh site as the launch pad for major projects in the future, Deputy Russian Defence Minister Alexander Kosovan announced in February.
		Built in the 1950s in the Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, the Baikonur cosmodrome has had a problematic status since 1991 when the territory became a newly independent state with the fall of communism.
	cooltech.iafrica.com /technews/182283.htm (404 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| Inside the Baikonur cosmodrome
		The eight were repairing the roof of one of the hangars - used for assembling and testing space vehicles - when three out of five segments crashed 80 metres (260 feet) to the ground.
		Built in 1955, the location of the Baikonur cosmodrome - Russia's only base used for manned launches - was kept secret from the West for many decades.
		The cosmodrome runs for 85 km (52 miles) from north to south, and for 125 km (77 miles) from east to west - an area of land the size of Moldova.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/europe/1985514.stm (166 words)

	Baikonur
		Russia's largest cosmodrome, the only one used for manned launches and with facilities for the larger Proton, N1, and Energia launch vehicles.
		The Baikonur cosmodrome extends for 85 km from North to South, and from 125 km from East to West, a territory as great as Moldova.
		The administrative centre for the cosmodrome was in the town itself.
	www.friends-partners.org /partners/mwade/sites/baikonur.htm (1438 words)

	Russian Rockets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Baikonur Cosmodrome is the launch complex where Sputnik 1, Earth's first artificial satellite, was launched.
		In fact, all Russian manned missions are launched from Baikonur, as well as all geostationary, lunar, planetary, and ocean surveillance missions.
		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)

	'Zarya' - Soviet Lunar Exploration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		E-6-2 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Molniya rocket towards a low orbit around the Earth at 65 degrees inclination - its mission is to soft land a camera module onto the lunar surface but control of the rocket is lost 295 seconds after lift-off and it is destroyed.
		E-6-2 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Molniya rocket towards a low orbit around the Earth at 65 degrees inclination - its mission is to soft land on the lunar surface but problems with the third-stage of its rocket prevent it from reaching orbit
		E-6-8 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Molniya rocket towards a low orbit around the Earth at 65 degrees inclination - its mission is to soft land on the lunar surface but problems with the third-stage of its rocket prevent it from reaching orbit
	www.zarya.info /Diaries/Luna/Proof.htm (2061 words)

	Secrecy around Baikonur
		The "real" town of Baikonur, which in Kazakh means "the master with the light brown hair," (115) was located 300 km northeast from Tyuratam and could be found on the Soviet maps of the period.
		The Russian sources also said that in pre-revolutionary time, the artisan named Nikifor Nikitin was exiled to Baikonur for the "seditious talk about flight to the Moon!" Baikonur continued to be a place of exile in the Soviet time, when political prisoners, reportedly former army officers, worked copper and coal mines in the area.
		Most of all, the Soviet authorities wanted to comuflage military nature of the "cosmodrome." During visits of NASA officials to the site in the eve of the Soyuz-Apollo docking mission in mid-1970s, all officers, who could be within reach of the US delegation were ordered to report to duty in civilian clothes.
	www.russianspaceweb.com /baikonur_secrecy.html (1115 words)

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