Record no. MRB-2026-006276

World's Largest Operational Space Launch Facility

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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.

Record details

Record holder: Institutional / General Record
Place: Kazakhstan
Date achieved: 2 June 1955
Category: Science & Technology
Record number: MRB-2026-006276
Status: Reference (not certified)

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