Baikonur (Russian: Байконур [bəjkɐˈnur]; Kazakh: Байқоңыр, romanized: Baiqoñyr [bɑjqoˈŋɤr]) is a city in Kazakhstan on the northern bank of the Syr Darya river. It is currently leased and administered by the Russian Federation as an enclave until 2050. [3]

The Baikonur Cosmodrome [a] is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. [1] All Russian crewed spaceflights are launched from Baikonur. [2]

2024年12月14日 · Baikonur Cosmodrome, former Soviet and current Russian space centre in south-central Kazakhstan. Baikonur was a Soviet code name for the centre, but American analysts often called it Tyuratam, after the railroad station …

Baikonur (also spelled Bajkonur, formely Leninsk) is a city situated in Kzyl-Orda oblast of Kazakhstan. Baikonur city is rented and administered by Russia. Baikonur city main purpose is to maintain the Baikonur cosmodrome. The city was officially named Baikonur with the help of first Russian President Boris Yeltsin on December 20, 1995.

Baikonur Cosmodrome is the location of the first Soviet triumphs in space, and today, remains the world’s busiest space launch facility serving the Russian, American, European and other national and commercial space programs.

2021年12月1日 · The world's first and most secretive space base, Baikonur Cosmodrome, sits in the middle of a vast Central Asian desert, 2,600km south-east of Moscow and 1,300km from Kazakhstan's two main...

2018年6月16日 · Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan has been the launch site for Soviet and Russian space missions since the beginning of space exploration in 1957. The first satellite and the first human flew...

Baikonur is situated in the south-west of Kazakhstan in the middle of the steppe. The nearest large city is Kyzylorda located 240km to the east. There are flights to Kyzylorda from Almaty and Nur-Sultan, after about 3 hours of a car ride you will reach Baikonur.

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 about 320 kilometres southwest of the older mining town; some sources state this was done in order to keep the actual location of the cosmodrome secret.

2013年4月11日 · His journey began at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the world's oldest and largest space launch facility, set in the desolate desert steppe of Kazakhstan. The Cosmodrome...