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he Baikonur Cosmodrome (Russian: Космодром Байконур, Kosmodrom Baykonur; Kazakh: Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы, Bayqoñır ğarış aylağı), also called Tyuratam[1], is the world's first and largest operational space launch facility. It is located in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan, about 200 kilometres (124 mi) east of the Aral Sea, north of the Syr Darya river, near Tyuratam railway station, at 90 meters above sea level. It is leased by the Kazakh government to Russia (currently until 2050) and is managed jointly by the Russian Federal Space Agency and the Russian Space Forces.
Atyrau will be the site of a new military base in the Caspian region, the Kazakh newspaper Ekspress reported in early October. Analysts claim the development of such a base will help safeguard Caspian oil riches.
This military base will deploy a battalion of infantry troops from the (Kazakh) Western Military Command, to be developed with funds from the US Defence Department. “Caspian oil riches should be under reliable protection,” Lt-Col William Lakhyu, leader of the US embassy’s military cooperation department, as saying in Atyrau a few weeks ago. At first, people thought the project’s price tag would be USD 5 million; but after recent analysis, the cost will only be USD 4 million.
The money will be earmarked for the construction of a headquarters, barracks and a checkpoint on the city’s outskirts. The first military base of the Western Military Command's infantry troops, part of whose facilities will be commissioned in November-December this year, will be built in accordance with European standards, the newspaper said. Lakhyu, who travelled to Atyrau to conduct an inspection, was satisfied the builders were not behind schedule.
Europe’s second polar-orbiting meteorological satellite, Metop-B, was successfully placed into orbit Sept. 17 by a Soyuz rocket operating from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Originally posted by mark1167
reply to post by this_is_who_we_are
he Baikonur Cosmodrome (Russian: Космодром Байконур, Kosmodrom Baykonur; Kazakh: Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы, Bayqoñır ğarış aylağı), also called Tyuratam[1], is the world's first and largest operational space launch facility. It is located in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan, about 200 kilometres (124 mi) east of the Aral Sea, north of the Syr Darya river, near Tyuratam railway station, at 90 meters above sea level. It is leased by the Kazakh government to Russia (currently until 2050) and is managed jointly by the Russian Federal Space Agency and the Russian Space Forces.
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It definitely looks like a rocket launch to me. Just saying.edit on 25-9-2012 by mark1167 because: add
It is an Unidentified Flying Object
Originally posted by multidimesonalism
I'm just curious as to why when people see something clearly out of this world the first thing the scream is "rocket!!! definitely a rocket!!"