Kyzylorda Region
Baikonur Cosmodrome
ConfirmedIconicApproximate area
- On screen
- Executive Order – Baikonur Cosmodrome
- Where
- Baikonur, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan
- Time & access
- Visits only on authorised tours booked in advance.
In the game
‘Executive Order’ raids the cosmodrome to stop a Soyuz launch.
History in brief
Founded in 1955, it launched Sputnik 1 in 1957 and Yuri Gagarin’s first human spaceflight in 1961. The pin is at ‘Gagarin’s Start’, his launch pad.
The place today
Still in use for Russian and international launches, leased by Russia from Kazakhstan.
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