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 Soyuz TMA-3 is launched from Gagarin's Start | |||||||||||||
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| Launch site | Baikonur Cosmodrome | ||||||||||||
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| Location | 45°55′13″N 63°20′32″E / 45.92028°N 63.34222°E | ||||||||||||
| Short name | LC-1/5 | ||||||||||||
| Operator | Soviet space program, Roscosmos | ||||||||||||
| Total launches | 520 | ||||||||||||
| Launch pad(s) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Orbital inclination range | 49° – 99° | ||||||||||||
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Gagarin's Start[1] (Russian: Гагаринский старт, Gagarinskiy start), also known as Baikonur Site 1 or Site 1/5 was a launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan that was used by the Soviet space program and Roscosmos.
- ^ "As Suffredini spoke, a Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft was being hoisted onto Russia's Baikonur launch pad, named "Gagarin's Start" after the first man in space. ", http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/13/content_381791.htm , China Daily, 2004-10-13 on Soyuz TMA-5 launch