Baikonur
/ (baɪˈkəʊnə) /
noun
a launching site for spacecraft in central Kazakhstan; formerly the centre for the Soviet space programme, now leased from Kazakhstan by Russia
Example sentences from the Web for baikonur
The Russians began to develop their launch industry as a commercial enterprise centered on the Baikonur facility in Kazakhstan.
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