Baikonur Cosmodrome

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cosmodrome spaceport

Baikonur Cosmodrome is the historic Soviet and now Russian-operated spaceport in Kazakhstan from which the first human spaceflight, carrying Yuri Gagarin, was launched.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cosmodrome → spaceport →
area	approximately 6,700 square kilometers →
constructionStartDate	1955 →
continent	Asia →
coordinateLocation	about 45.6°N 63.3°E →
country	Kazakhstan →
countryOfJurisdiction	Russia →
elevationAboveSeaLevel	about 90 meters →
formerOperator	Soviet Union →
GagarinsStartUsedFor	Vostok 1 launch →
inception	1955 →
launchDateOfFirstArtificialSatellite	1957-10-04 →
launchDateOfFirstHumanSpaceflight	1961-04-12 →
launched	Sputnik 1 → Vostok 1 → Yuri Gagarin →
launchPadCount	multiple launch pads →
leasedFrom	Kazakhstan →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Kyzylorda Region →
location	Kazakhstan →
namedAfter	Baikonur →
near	Baikonur →
notableFor	site of first human spaceflight → world's first spaceport for orbital launches →
notableLaunchPad	Gagarin's Start →
operator	Roscosmos → Russian Federation →
partOf	Russian space program → Soviet space program →
primaryUser	Roscosmos → Soviet space agency →
rocketLaunched	Proton rocket → R-7 Semyorka → Soyuz rocket → Zenit rocket →
significantEvent	Vostok 1 mission → first human spaceflight → launch of Sputnik 1 →
startOfOperation	1957 →
status	operational →
timezone	UTC+6 →
usedBy	Kazakhstan → international commercial customers →
usedFor	crewed spaceflight → interplanetary missions → satellite launches → uncrewed spaceflight →

Referenced by (32)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project ("Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5") → Cluster mission → Luna 1 → Luna 1 ("Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5") → Luna 10 → Luna 2 → Luna 2 ("Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5") → Mars Express → Progress spacecraft → Proton rocket → RADARSAT-2 → RADARSAT-2 ("Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6") → Soyuz rocket → Soyuz spacecraft → Sputnik 1 → Sputnik 2 → Sputnik 2 ("Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5") → Venus Express ("Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31/6") → Voskhod spacecraft → Vostok 1 ("Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1") → Vostok-K rocket → Yuri Gagarin →	launchSite
Luna program launch vehicles → Luna program launch vehicles ("Site 1/5 Baikonur") → Luna program launch vehicles ("Site 31/6 Baikonur") → Luna program launch vehicles ("Site 81 Baikonur") →	launchSitesUsed
Kazakhstan →	hasSpaceport
Soyuz rocket ("Site 1 Baikonur Cosmodrome") →	launchesFrom
R-7 Semyorka →	launchSites
Baikonur Cosmodrome ("Baikonur") →	near
Roscosmos →	operatesSpaceport
Vostochny Cosmodrome →	relatedFacility