Site 1
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Site 1, also known as Gagarin's Start, is the historic launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan from which Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
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space launch complex ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Baikonur Site 1
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Gagarin Start NERFINISHED ⓘ Gagarin's Start NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedOrganization |
OKB-1
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Soviet Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
Sergei Korolev
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Yuri Gagarin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedProgram |
Soyuz program
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Voskhod program NERFINISHED ⓘ Vostok program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructedBy | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1955 ⓘ |
| country | Kazakhstan ⓘ |
| geopoliticalContext | Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | symbol of early human spaceflight ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Space Race NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inaugurationDate | 1957-05-15 ⓘ |
| launchComplexNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| launchDateOfNotableEvent | 1961-04-12 ⓘ |
| launched |
Vostok 1
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Yuri Gagarin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leaseContext | Baikonur Cosmodrome leased by Russia from Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Baikonur Cosmodrome
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Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyzylorda Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Yuri Gagarin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | first human spaceflight ⓘ |
| operator |
Roscosmos
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Russian Space Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet space program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Baikonur Cosmodrome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platformType | R-7 launch complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUser |
Russia
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Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rocketUsedForFirstHumanSpaceflight | Vostok-K NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | site of first human spaceflight in history ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Kazakhstan (hosting state)
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Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ USSR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
launch of R-7 family rockets
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launch of Soyuz rockets ⓘ launch of crewed spacecraft ⓘ launch of uncrewed spacecraft ⓘ |
| worldFirst | first launch pad to send a human into orbit ⓘ |
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