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Gagarin's Start
Launch site at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gagarin's Start[1] (Russian: Гагаринский старт, Gagarinskiy start), also known as Baikonur Site 1 or Site 1/5 was a launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan that was used by the Soviet space program and Roscosmos.
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Launch site | Baikonur Cosmodrome | ||||||||||||
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Location | 45°55′13″N 63°20′32″E | ||||||||||||
Short name | LC-1/5 | ||||||||||||
Operator | Soviet space program, Roscosmos | ||||||||||||
Total launches | 520 | ||||||||||||
Launch pad(s) | 1 | ||||||||||||
Orbital inclination range | 49° – 99° | ||||||||||||
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