Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome is a space center in Baikonur, Kazakh Desert.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 250.
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 250
Military installation
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Site 250 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, also known as UKSS and Bayterek, is a test facility and launch site which was used by the Energia rocket during the 1980s.
Baikonur Cosmodrome
- Type: Space center
- Also known as: “Bayqongyr Gharysh Aylaghy”
- Category: transportation
- Location: Baikonur, Kazakh Desert, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.00573° or 46° 0′ 21″ northLongitude
63.30091° or 63° 18′ 3″ eastElevation
108 metres (354 feet)Open location code
8JR52842+79GeoNames ID
1537294
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Satellite Map
Discover Baikonur Cosmodrome from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Kazakh to Spanish—“Baikonur Cosmodrome” goes by many names.
- Kazakh: “Bayqoñır ğarış aylağı”
- Kazakh: “Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы”
- Russian: “Kosmodrom Baykonur”
- Russian: “Космодро́м «Байкону́р»”
- Spanish: “Baikonur”
- Spanish: “Cosmódromo de Baikonur”
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