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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

 (JPG) Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan (329,877 bytes) ( 988 x 1,146 )
Baikonur, formerly Leninsk, is a city in Kazakhstan rented and administered by the Russian Federation to service the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Soviet government established the site as a missile test range, and launched Sputnik from here in 1957. Baikonur was photographed by the U.S. U-2 plane in 1957 (according to Wikipedia). The site is used for launch of all Russian crewed missions, as well as geostationary, lunar, planetary and ocean observing missions. The U.S. uses the Russian launch capabilities to send our astronauts to the Space Station while we are developing our own heavy launch vehicle to replace the Space Shuttle. The image covers 15 x 23 km, was acquired on July 27, 2010, and is located at 46 degrees north latitude, 63.6 degrees east longitude.

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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
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and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team

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