Geography:
[͵bīkəʹnŏor]Baikonur
(also Baykonur)
Mining town in central Kazakhstan. The world's first satellite (1957) and the first manned space flight (1961) were launched from the former Soviet space center nearby.
(also Baykonur)
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- Baikonur Cosmodrome (of Kazakhstan/Russia)
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- Space flight (aerospace engineering)
- Space station (aerospace engineering)
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- Baikonur
- DIRECTV-5
- Tiung SAT
- Kazakhstan (country)
- Manufacturers of guided missiles and space vehicles (SIC 3761) (industry)
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- AO-51
- Plesetsk
- Dnepr rocket
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