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The world's top ten famous space satellite launch bases
1. Baikonur CosmodromeBaikonur Cosmodrome was established in 1955, located in the area north of Churatam on the Syrdarya River in Kazakhstan, and is a spacecraft launch site and missile test base built by the former Soviet Union. The world's first artificial Earth satellite and the first manned spacecraft were successfully launched, and it was from here that Soviet astronauts walked into space and began the first human journey into space. However, after the end of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Baikonur Cosmodrome belonged to Kazakhstan, and Russia had to pay Kazakhstan $115 million in rent every year before Russia could carry out rocket launch missions at the site, and the lease period is until 2050.
Sep 16, 2024
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