Record No.
MRB-2026-006276
World's Largest Operational Space Launch Facility
Science & Technology
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Record Holder
Institutional / General Record
Kazakhstan
Category
Science & Technology
Country
Kazakhstan
(
KZ )
Achievement Date
02 June 1955
Verification Status
Reference
Record Description
The Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, founded in 1955 and the launch site of Sputnik 1 and Yuri Gagarin's first crewed spaceflight, is the largest operational space launch facility in the world by area.
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