The Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakh: Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы, romanized: Baiqoñyr ğaryş ailağy, [bɑjxɔˈnər ɣɑˈrəʃ ɑjlɑˈɣə]; Russian: Космодром Байконур, romanized: Kosmodrom Baykonur, [kɐsməˈdrom bɐjkəˈnʊr]) is a spaceport in an area of southern Kazakhstan leased to Russia.The Cosmodrome is the world's first spaceport for orbital and human ...

Das Kosmodrom Baikonur (russisch Космодро́м Байкону́р Kosmodrom Baykonur, kasachisch Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы Baiqoŋyr ğaryş ailağy) ist ein Raketenstartplatz im Süden Kasachstans nördlich der Stadt Baikonur.Es ist der weltweit erste und derzeit größte Weltraumbahnhof.Das Kosmodrom Baikonur war sowohl Startplatz für den ersten künstlichen Satelliten ...

Baikonur, Site 1/5, Site 200/39, Site 31/6 and Site 81/23; Kennedy, LC-39 and CCSFS, SLC-40; Mass: 444,615 kg (980,208 lb) Length: 73.0 m (239 ... and the first long-term residents arrived on 2 November 2000 after being launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 31 October 2000. The station has since been continuously occupied for 22 years and 40 ...

Mir (Russian: Мир, IPA: ; lit. 'peace' or 'world') was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. It had a greater mass than any previous spacecraft.At the time it was the largest artificial satellite in orbit, succeeded by the ...

Salyut 3 (Russian: Салют-3; English: Salute 3; also known as OPS-2 or Almaz 2) was a Soviet space station launched on 25 June 1974. It was the second Almaz military space station, and the first such station to be launched successfully. It was included in the Salyut program to disguise its true military nature. Due to the military nature of the station, the Soviet Union was reluctant to ...

Iridium 33 was a communications satellite launched by Russia for Iridium Communications.It was launched into low Earth orbit from Site 81/23 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 01:36 UTC on 14 September 1997, by a Proton-K rocket with a Block DM2 upper stage. The launch was arranged by International Launch Services (ILS). It was operated in Plane 3 of the Iridium satellite …

Spektr (Russian: Спектр; English: Spectrum) (TKM-O, 77KSO, 11F77O) was the fifth module of the Mir Space Station. The module was designed for remote observation of Earth's environment containing atmospheric and surface research equipment. Spektr also had four solar arrays which generated about half of the station's electrical power.