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Launch Site named for Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin , 1st man in space

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Space center in Baikonur originated as a test launch site for the R-7 ICBM developed at Sergei Korolev's design bureau. The original facilities of the test range founded in 1955 included a single launch pad at Site 1, and an assembly building, known as MIK-2, located at Site 2. The processing area and the launch pad were connected by a railway.

The first R-7 rocket blasted off from Site 1 in Tyuratam on May 15, 1957. The world's first artificial satellite was launched from the same pad on October 4, 1957. After the launch of the first manned spacecraft, Vostok-1, in 1961, the pad at Site 1 was nicknamed "Gagarinskiy Start" (Gagarin's pad).

The complex remained operational at the turn of the 21st century after it has hosted more than 400 launches.

(....) On Aug. 6, 2000, the rocket booster carying the Progress M1-3 toward the International Space Station became the 400th vehicle, taking off from Site 1.

extracted from: Baikonur: Soyuz Launch Facilities

Gagarin's Pad

Sputnik

Soyuz SL

Soyuz TM

Soyuz ST

Soyuz on Railcar in Route to Launch

Lifting Soyuz on Launch Pad

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