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    Baikonur (Kazakh: Байқоңыр / Baiqoñyr [bɑjqoˈŋɤr]; Russian: Байконур [bəjkɐˈnur]), formerly known as Leninsk, is a city in Kazakhstan on the northern bank...
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    (secondary coordinates) The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest...
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  • Baikonur is a city in Kazakhstan rented by the Russian Federation for the Russian space program. It can also be: Baikonur (river), a river in Kazakhstan...
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  • Baikonur is a small mining town in central Kazakhstan near Jezkazgan. Coal mining began in 1914. In 1961, the name was appropriated for the Baikonur Cosmodrome...
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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...
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    Gagarin's Start (redirect from Baikonur LC1)
    Гагаринский старт, Gagarinskiy start), also known as Baikonur Site 1 or Site 1/5 was a launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan that was used by the...
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  • FC Baikonur (Kazakh: Байқоңыр Футбол Клубы) was a Kazakh football club based at the Lokomativ Arena in Kyzylorda. The club has dissolved after the 2022...
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  • Baikonur Krayniy Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Крайний — Байконур) (IATA: BXY, ICAO: UAOL) is the airport serving the city of Baikonur in Kazakhstan. It...
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  • Nedelin catastrophe (category Baikonur Cosmodrome)
    catastrophe or Nedelin disaster, known in Russia as the Catastrophe at Baikonur Cosmodrome (Russian: Катастрофа на Байконуре, romanized: Katastrofa na...
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    planned Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight to launch from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 11 September 2024 to the International Space Station. The...
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    Buran-class orbiters were to take place at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. Several facilities at Baikonur were adapted or newly built for these purposes:...
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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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    2000. Another Soyuz-Fregat launched the ESA's Mars Express probe from Baikonur in June 2003. Now the Soyuz-Fregat launcher is used by Starsem for commercial...
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    45.99611°N 63.56417°E / 45.99611; 63.56417 Baikonur Site 31, also known as Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, is a launch site used...
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    not relate to any region. Baikonur city has a special status because it is currently being leased to Russia with Baikonur cosmodrome until 2050. The...
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    respective capital cities. ^3 Baikonur city has a special status because it is currently being leased to Russia along with Baikonur Cosmodrome until the year...
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    Baikonur (Kazakh: Байқоңыр; Russian: Байконур) is a station on Line 1 of the Almaty Metro. The station opened on December 1, 2011. It is located near the...
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    to any region. The city of Baikonur has a special status because it is being leased until 2050 to Russia for the Baikonur cosmodrome. In June 2018 the...
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    most orbital launches taking place from Baikonur, in the Kazakh SSR. With the end of the Soviet Union, Baikonur became a foreign territory, and Kazakhstan...
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    Genghis Khan. Töretam is near the Baikonur Cosmodrome, a Russian – formerly Soviet – spaceport, and near the city of Baikonur (formerly Leninsk), which was...
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    181st flight of a Progress spacecraft. Launched from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan atop a Soyuz-2.1a on Thursday, 15 August 2024...
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    213 km. The world's first spaceport for orbital and human launches, the Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan, started as a Soviet military rocket...
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    Center located in Star City in Moscow Oblast. Its launch facilities include Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the world's first and largest spaceport, and...
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    planned Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight to launch from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in March 2025 to the International Space Station. The mission...
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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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  • Soyuz MS-28 is a planned Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight to launch from Baikonur in September 2025 to the International Space Station. Primary crew Backup...
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    apparently healthy at Jezkazgan Airport at 12:04 UTC. The crew flew to the Baikonur Cosmodrome to meet their families before leaving for Moscow. Following...
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    Shymkent Karaganda Pavlodar Oskemen Semey Aktobe Kostanay Aktau Turkistan Baikonur "Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan by gender and type of locality...
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    reported that OneWeb was scheduled to launch a batch of 36 satellites from Baikonur cosmodrome days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. There were calls for...
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