Proper noun
Baikonur
A city in Kazakhstan, rented and administered by Russia, constructed to service Baikonur Cosmodrome, since 1995 also called Baikonur.
A Lahore flight on 5 August provided the first photographs of the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam : the CIA had been unaware of its existence until then. Source: Internet
Baikonur Cosmodrome is the world's oldest and largest operational space launch facility Kazakhstan has the largest and strongest performing economy in Central Asia. Source: Internet
Besides serving Baikonur, Kazakh authorities also use it for passenger and charter flights from Russia. Source: Internet
The Crew Dragon astronauts will be welcomed aboard by Cassidy, the station commander for Expedition 63, and Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, launched April 9 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Source: Internet
Placed at Baikonur Cosmodrome in the middle of the Kazakh steppe, the great hangar called Site 112 was built to house the massive N1 moon rocket, now housing the crypt of two Buran shuttle prototypes in an advanced state of decay. Source: Internet
The module was launched by a Proton-K rocket from Site 81/23 at Baikonur, on 12 July 2000. Source: Internet