Baikonur - a gateway to space

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Today the Baikonur space center occupies a total area of 6,717 sq km measuring 125 km east-west by 85 km north-south. In the photo: the launch of a Proton-K carrier rocket.

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10:53 15/02/2010 The Baikonur space center was founded 55 years ago. On February 12, 1955, the Soviet Council of Ministers issued a statement on the construction of a facility for testing intercontinental ballistic missiles and launching artificial Earth satellites. >>

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