Central Asia
Kazakhstan
Kyzylorda Region

Gagarin’s Start

Gagarin's Start, also known as Baikonur Site 1 or Site 1/5 was a launch site at the in that was used by the Soviet space program and Roscosmos.
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  • Type: Historic site
  • Description: launch site at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
  • Also known as: “Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1”, “Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5”, “Baikonur LC1”, “Baikonur Site 1”, “GIK-5 LC1”, “LC-1/5”, “NIIP-5 LC1”, and “Site 1/5”

Gagarin’s Start

Latitude
45.92025° or 45° 55′ 13″ north
Longitude
63.34225° or 63° 20′ 32″ east
Open location code
8JQ5W8CR+3W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 172571408
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­launchpad
Wiki­data ID
Q2580456
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Gagarin’s Start” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منصة جاجارين”
  • Catalan: “Plataforma Gagarin”
  • Chinese: “加加林启航处”
  • Chinese: “加加林啟程點”
  • Chinese: “加加林發射台”
  • Chinese: “加加林發射臺”
  • Chinese: “拜科努爾發射发射场1號”
  • Chinese: “拜科努爾發射發射場1號”
  • Czech: “Startovací komplex č. 1 kosmodromu Bajkonur”
  • Dutch: “Baikonur LC1”
  • Dutch: “Gagarin’s Start”
  • Dutch: “GIK-5 LC1”
  • Dutch: “NIIP-5 LC1”
  • French: “Aire de lancement Gagarine”
  • Georgian: “გაგარინის სტარტი”
  • German: “Gagarins Start”
  • Greek: “εξέδρα εκτόξευσης Γκαγκάριν”
  • Hebrew: “אתר שיגור 1”
  • Hebrew: “כן שיגור גגארין”
  • Hindi: “गगारिन का आरंभ”
  • Hungarian: “Bajkonuri űrrepülőtér, 1. indítóállás”
  • Hungarian: “Gagarin starthely”
  • Italian: “Gagarinskij start”
  • Italian: “rampa di lancio Gagarin”
  • Italian: “rampa Gagarin”
  • Italian: “rampa numero 1”
  • Japanese: “ガガーリン発射台”
  • Malayalam: “ഗഗാറിൻസ് സ്റ്റാർട്ട്”
  • Persian: “پرتابگاه گاگارین”
  • Polish: “Kompleks startowy nr 1 kosmodromu Bajkonur”
  • Polish: “Kompleks startowy nr 1”
  • Polish: “Start Gagarina”
  • Polish: “Wyrzutnia Gagarina”
  • Portuguese: “Plataforma Gagarin”
  • Romanian: “rampa de lansare Gagarin”
  • Russian: “Гагаринский старт”
  • Slovenian: “Bajkonur LC1”
  • Slovenian: “Gagarinov start”
  • Spanish: “Baikonur LC1”
  • Spanish: “Gagarin’s Start”
  • Spanish: “Plataforma Gagarin”
  • Spanish: “Salida de Gagarin”
  • Spanish: “Salida de Gagarín”
  • Spanish: “Sitio de lanzamiento Gagarin”
  • Ukrainian: “Гагарінський старт”

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