Sary Shagan
Sary Shagan is an anti-ballistic missile testing range located in Kazakhstan. On 17 August 1956 the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union authorized plans for an experimental facility for missile defence located at Sary Shagan, on the west bank of Lake Balkhash.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sary Shagan
- Type: Military installation
- Description: rocket launch site in Kazakhstan
- Categories: launch site, spaceport, and nuclear test site
- Location: Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude
46.41607° or 46° 24′ 58″ northLongitude
72.86262° or 72° 51′ 45″ eastOpen location code
8JRJCV87+C2OpenStreetMap ID
way 685243378OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryWikidata ID
Q782082
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Sary Shagan” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “萨里·沙根”
- Chinese: “萨雷·沙甘基地”
- Czech: “Sary-Šagan”
- Dutch: “Sary Shagan”
- French: “Sary Chagan”
- French: “Sary Shagan”
- German: “Sary-Schagan”
- German: “Saryschagan”
- German: “Saryschaghan”
- Italian: “Sary Shagan”
- Italian: “Sary-Šagan”
- Japanese: “シャリー・シャガン”
- Low German: “Saryschagan”
- Pushto: “ساری شاگان”
- Russian: “Сары-Шаган”
- Ukrainian: “Сари-Шаган”
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