Baikonur Highlights
Name
Type
Location
Description
Suburban (??????????? - Prigorodnaya)
Railroad station or feature
45°38′49″N 63°19′18″E / 45.64698°N 63.32167°E / 45.64698; 63.32167
Train Station
Station
Railroad station or feature
45°43′21″N 63°19′08″E / 45.72262°N 63.31899°E / 45.72262; 63.31899
Train Station
Eastern (????????? - Vostochnaya)
Railroad station or feature
45°57′55″N 63°38′28″E / 45.96525°N 63.641°E / 45.96525; 63.641
Train Station
Cuba (?????? - Kuban)
Railroad station or feature
45°59′30″N 63°34′19″E / 45.99163°N 63.57198°E / 45.99163; 63.57198
Train Station somewhere around here.
Don (River) (Donskaya - ???????)
Railroad station or feature
45°58′36″N 63°35′07″E / 45.97674°N 63.58514°E / 45.97674; 63.58514
Train Station
Minsk (??????? - Minskaya)
Railroad station or feature
45°57′23″N 63°34′26″E / 45.95626°N 63.57394°E / 45.95626; 63.57394
Train Station
Moscow (?????????? - Moskovskaya)
Railroad station or feature
45°50′26″N 63°19′34″E / 45.84064°N 63.32602°E / 45.84064; 63.32602
Train station. Also known as Pvzhezhd (???????)
Northern (???????? - Severnaya)
Railroad station or feature
45°54′57″N 63°19′02″E / 45.91575°N 63.31729°E / 45.91575; 63.31729
Train station.
Pasazhirskaya (????????????)
Railroad station or feature
45°56′59″N 63°18′17″E / 45.94976°N 63.30464°E / 45.94976; 63.30464
Train station.
Sandy (???????? - Peschannaya)
Railroad station or feature
45°55′04″N 63°16′28″E / 45.91788°N 63.27456°E / 45.91788; 63.27456
Train station.
Brotherly (???????? - Bratskaya)
Railroad station or feature
45°53′39″N 63°15′51″E / 45.89408°N 63.26409°E / 45.89408; 63.26409
Train station.
Preobjective (????????????? - Predobektnaya)
Railroad station or feature
46°03′06″N 63°12′17″E / 46.05161°N 63.20485°E / 46.05161; 63.20485
Train station.
Refueling
Railroad station or feature
46°03′55″N 63°15′09″E / 46.06533°N 63.25257°E / 46.06533; 63.25257
Diesel refueling station.
Anniversary (????????? - Godovshina)
Railroad station or feature
46°03′25″N 63°13′20″E / 46.05703°N 63.22216°E / 46.05703; 63.22216
Airport train station.
Diamond (???????? - Almaznaya)
Railroad station or feature
45°58′53″N 63°08′31″E / 45.98128°N 63.14186°E / 45.98128; 63.14186
Train station.
Western (???????? - Zapadnaya)
Railroad station or feature
46°02′57″N 62°56′33″E / 46.04903°N 62.94239°E / 46.04903; 62.94239
Train station.
Zhigulis (?????? - Zhiguli)
Railroad station or feature
46°01′02″N 63°01′35″E / 46.01728°N 63.02638°E / 46.01728; 63.02638
Train station.
Ivanovo (???????)
Railroad station or feature
46°02′32″N 63°00′58″E / 46.04227°N 63.01622°E / 46.04227; 63.01622
Virtual train station.
Truzovvya Vremennay (???????? ????e????)
Railroad station or feature
46°00′22″N 63°11′15″E / 46.006°N 63.18742°E / 46.006; 63.18742
Train station? It's somewhere along here.
Tomsk (??????? - Tomskaya)
Railroad station or feature
45°53′29″N 63°26′30″E / 45.89126°N 63.44162°E / 45.89126; 63.44162
Train Station
Toretam ( Tyurantam)
Point of interest
45°39′00″N 63°18′37″E / 45.64999°N 63.31038°E / 45.64999; 63.31038
The city pre-existing the cosmodrome. A stop on the Moscow to Tashkent railway.
Gorodskaya (City) railway station
Railroad station or feature
45°37′31″N 63°18′36″E / 45.62525°N 63.31004°E / 45.62525; 63.31004
Railway Passenger Terminal
Monument
Monument
45°37′01″N 63°18′21″E / 45.61694°N 63.30585°E / 45.61694; 63.30585
Obelisk remembering Oct 24, 1960 (Nedelin Disaster) marks the burial of the remains of 54 unidentified victims of the accident.
Monument
Monument
45°37′01″N 63°18′56″E / 45.61687°N 63.3156°E / 45.61687; 63.3156
"Stella"
Monument
Monument
45°37′01″N 63°19′04″E / 45.61685°N 63.31779°E / 45.61685; 63.31779
On either side of the street are a pair of memorials; one for Sputnik 1 and one for Gagarin's orbit.
Monument
Monument
45°37′22″N 63°19′01″E / 45.62267°N 63.31685°E / 45.62267; 63.31685
Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet, composer and philosopher
Monument
Monument
45°36′55″N 63°19′19″E / 45.61538°N 63.32181°E / 45.61538; 63.32181
50th Anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War
Monument
Monument
45°37′26″N 63°19′20″E / 45.62402°N 63.3223°E / 45.62402; 63.3223
A missile
Monument
Monument
45°38′03″N 63°19′49″E / 45.63428°N 63.33025°E / 45.63428; 63.33025
Proton rocket
Monument
Monument
45°37′42″N 63°18′43″E / 45.6284°N 63.31197°E / 45.6284; 63.31197
SS-17 ICBM
Monument
Monument
45°37′42″N 63°18′42″E / 45.62823°N 63.31154°E / 45.62823; 63.31154
Mikhail Yangel, rocket engineer
Monument
Monument
45°38′15″N 63°18′43″E / 45.63757°N 63.31208°E / 45.63757; 63.31208
Damansky Island memorial
Monument
Monument
45°38′11″N 63°19′19″E / 45.63632°N 63.32182°E / 45.63632; 63.32182
Sputnik
Monument
Monument
45°37′00″N 63°19′19″E / 45.61672°N 63.32183°E / 45.61672; 63.32183
The obligatory statue of Nicolai Lenin
Monument
Monument
45°37′23″N 63°18′38″E / 45.62313°N 63.31057°E / 45.62313; 63.31057
Rails and railroadmen of Baikonur; steam engine and monument
Monument
Monument
45°36′49″N 63°19′19″E / 45.6137°N 63.32182°E / 45.6137; 63.32182
Unknown purpose
Monument
Monument
45°38′16″N 63°19′13″E / 45.63782°N 63.3202°E / 45.63782; 63.3202
"Glory to Space Explorers"
Monument
Monument
45°37′09″N 63°16′30″E / 45.61915°N 63.27511°E / 45.61915; 63.27511
Informally "The Fisherman of Baikonur"
Monument
Monument
45°54′53″N 63°19′00″E / 45.9147°N 63.31661°E / 45.9147; 63.31661
Mural showing Korolev with his quote, "The Road to the Stars Is Open"
Monument
Monument
45°37′24″N 63°19′16″E / 45.62322°N 63.32099°E / 45.62322; 63.32099
Sergei Korolov's monument
Airplane on display
Monument
45°36′57″N 63°17′44″E / 45.61592°N 63.29542°E / 45.61592; 63.29542
Transport airplane on display (Antonov-12 "Cub"?)
Monument
Monument
45°36′49″N 63°17′32″E / 45.61368°N 63.29216°E / 45.61368; 63.29216
Mikhail Yangel's monument
Monument
Monument
45°37′52″N 63°19′11″E / 45.63121°N 63.31983°E / 45.63121; 63.31983
The Touchdown Gagarin
Monument
Monument
45°37′42″N 63°19′16″E / 45.62834°N 63.32105°E / 45.62834; 63.32105
Soyuz rocket on display.
The cosmonaut forest
Monument
45°38′05″N 63°19′48″E / 45.63482°N 63.32998°E / 45.63482; 63.32998
A forest of trees planted by cosmonauts and crews before launch.
Hotel area
Point of interest
45°38′07″N 63°19′29″E / 45.63514°N 63.32474°E / 45.63514; 63.32474
Tourist hotels: the Cosmonaut and the Sputnik
Russian cemetary
Point of interest
45°38′31″N 63°16′36″E / 45.64181°N 63.27666°E / 45.64181; 63.27666
Rail access
Railroad station or feature
45°42′05″N 63°05′09″E / 45.70129°N 63.08578°E / 45.70129; 63.08578
Road/railroad to Aralsk/Moscow
Rail access
Railroad station or feature
45°45′25″N 63°40′32″E / 45.75703°N 63.67568°E / 45.75703; 63.67568
Road/railroad to Tashkent
Army HQ
Point of interest
45°49′48″N 63°19′24″E / 45.83007°N 63.32329°E / 45.83007; 63.32329
Battalion HQ.
SAM site.
SAM array
46°05′01″N 63°14′03″E / 46.08366°N 63.23403°E / 46.08366; 63.23403
Defensive SA-2 SAM site.
SAM site.
SAM array
46°00′32″N 63°59′27″E / 46.00886°N 63.99091°E / 46.00886; 63.99091
Defensive SA-2 SAM site.
SAM site.
SAM array
46°01′33″N 63°56′03″E / 46.02576°N 63.93414°E / 46.02576; 63.93414
Defensive SA-2 SAM site.
SAM site 1.
SAM array
45°49′02″N 63°44′14″E / 45.81722°N 63.73725°E / 45.81722; 63.73725
Defensive SA-2 SAM site. One map shows it to be se outside of Dzhusaly.
SAM site 2.
SAM array
45°59′10″N 63°37′40″E / 45.98598°N 63.62765°E / 45.98598; 63.62765
Defensive SA-2 SAM site is supposed to be in this area.
SAM site 3.
SAM array
46°04′27″N 63°14′53″E / 46.07429°N 63.24801°E / 46.07429; 63.24801
Defensive SA-2 SAM site.
SAM site 4?
SAM array
45°34′25″N 64°06′18″E / 45.57351°N 64.10487°E / 45.57351; 64.10487
Defensive SA-2 SAM site. May be; not the usual configuration.
SAM site 5?
SAM array
46°04′22″N 63°30′50″E / 46.07265°N 63.51382°E / 46.07265; 63.51382
There's supposed to be another SA-2 SAM site around here somewhere.
SAM site 6.
SAM array
45°51′31″N 63°02′38″E / 45.85871°N 63.04402°E / 45.85871; 63.04402
Defensive SA-2 SAM site.
SAM site 7.
SAM array
45°57′05″N 63°25′40″E / 45.95137°N 63.42765°E / 45.95137; 63.42765
Defensive SA-2 SAM site. It has been scraped clean. Some doubt this identification is right, I wouldn't erxpect one here.
SAM site 8.
SAM array
45°40′48″N 63°15′51″E / 45.67996°N 63.26421°E / 45.67996; 63.26421
Defensive SA-2 SAM site.
SAM site 9.
SAM array
45°42′59″N 63°19′56″E / 45.71643°N 63.33234°E / 45.71643; 63.33234
Defensive SA-2 SAM site.
Area 1 PU 1, later PU 5
Launch pad
45°55′13″N 63°20′32″E / 45.92029°N 63.34211°E / 45.92029; 63.34211
"Gagarin's Start" - R-7 based rockets: Soyuz-Soyuz, Soyuz-Progress, Soyuz-Ikar, Soyuz-U, used for all launches from May 15, 1957 until Oct 24, 1960, and continues in use today.
Area 2
Support
45°54′54″N 63°19′04″E / 45.91506°N 63.31774°E / 45.91506; 63.31774
Processing facilities for R-7 launchers and payloads, MIK-2 and MIK-2A, 2B.
Area 2a
Support
45°53′54″N 63°18′12″E / 45.8984°N 63.30322°E / 45.8984; 63.30322
R-7 warhead processing.
Area 3: "Skopka"
Support
45°43′29″N 63°19′22″E / 45.72474°N 63.32289°E / 45.72474; 63.32289
Oxygen, hydrogen cryo-gas plant
Area 3a
Support
45°44′09″N 63°18′34″E / 45.73594°N 63.30951°E / 45.73594; 63.30951
Armory.
Area 3k
Support
45°43′44″N 63°18′21″E / 45.72879°N 63.30573°E / 45.72879; 63.30573
Gas production.
Area 3b
Support
45°43′25″N 63°16′44″E / 45.7235°N 63.27882°E / 45.7235; 63.27882
Area 3p
Support
45°42′07″N 63°21′00″E / 45.70189°N 63.35012°E / 45.70189; 63.35012
Rifle range.
Area 3g
Support
45°45′26″N 63°20′31″E / 45.7573°N 63.34193°E / 45.7573; 63.34193
Old hydrogen plant.
Area 3z
Support
45°43′31″N 63°19′51″E / 45.72529°N 63.33095°E / 45.72529; 63.33095
Bulk storage?
Area 4
Nothing known
45°36′47″N 63°15′26″E / 45.6131°N 63.25726°E / 45.6131; 63.25726
Area 5
Support
45°50′04″N 63°20′05″E / 45.83442°N 63.33472°E / 45.83442; 63.33472
Radio center.
Area 8
Nothing known
45°36′47″N 63°16′05″E / 45.61314°N 63.26792°E / 45.61314; 63.26792
Area 9
Nothing known
45°38′29″N 63°18′12″E / 45.64125°N 63.30342°E / 45.64125; 63.30342
Original camp for NIIP-5 construction troops.
Area 10
Support
45°54′32″N 63°18′54″E / 45.90897°N 63.31507°E / 45.90897; 63.31507
Residential for elite staff and astronauts. The Gagarin Museum, Gagarin and Korolev's houses. Sculptured bust of Gagarin done by O. Pesotskiy.
Area 11 ( Leninsk, Nauchno-Issledovatel'skii Ispytatel'nyi Poligon N.5 (NIIIP-5), or Scientific-Research Test Range N.5, State Test Range 5 (GIK-5))
Point of interest
45°37′41″N 63°18′17″E / 45.62816°N 63.30462°E / 45.62816; 63.30462
Baikonur (Kazakh: ????????, Bayqoñir, ????????; Russian: ????????, Baykonur), formerly known as Leninsk, in Kyzylorda Province of Kazakhstan. Built to service the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Officially renamed Baikonur by Yeltsin in the 90s.
Area 12
Nothing known
45°37′56″N 63°18′27″E / 45.63219°N 63.30739°E / 45.63219; 63.30739
Area 13
Nothing known
45°37′56″N 63°18′27″E / 45.63219°N 63.30739°E / 45.63219; 63.30739
Russian cemetery
Area 15
Point of interest
45°37′49″N 63°15′50″E / 45.63032°N 63.264°E / 45.63032; 63.264
Old air strips; 500 and 1100 meters.
Area 15a, Krainiy Airport
Support
45°37′10″N 63°13′10″E / 45.61958°N 63.21942°E / 45.61958; 63.21942
Airport serving Baikonur; 3,090 meters long.
Area 17
Railroad station or feature
45°49′57″N 63°19′13″E / 45.83263°N 63.3202°E / 45.83263; 63.3202
Diesel engine maintenance area. See logo of ?????????? (Kosmotrans) in sw corner of the compound. (Others identify Area 17 as motel area in city)
Area 18
Tracking and telemetry
45°54′32″N 63°19′57″E / 45.90889°N 63.33238°E / 45.90889; 63.33238
IP-1 Tracking Station, Gagarin site viewing area, pump station
Area 20
Nothing known
45°37′14″N 63°16′18″E / 45.6205°N 63.27168°E / 45.6205; 63.27168
Area 20k
Nothing known
45°38′22″N 63°17′38″E / 45.63951°N 63.29391°E / 45.63951; 63.29391
Area 21
Tracking and telemetry
45°42′31″N 63°17′55″E / 45.70863°N 63.29868°E / 45.70863; 63.29868
IP-4 "Vega" telemetry and tracking.
Vega E/W VLB
Tracking and telemetry
45°42′31″N 63°13′16″E / 45.70862°N 63.22125°E / 45.70862; 63.22125
West terminal for E/W leg of VLB antenna.
Vega N/S VLB
Tracking and telemetry
45°45′46″N 63°17′58″E / 45.76283°N 63.2994°E / 45.76283; 63.2994
North terminal for N/S leg of VLB antenna.
Vega N/S VLB
Tracking and telemetry
45°39′23″N 63°17′55″E / 45.65627°N 63.29874°E / 45.65627; 63.29874
South terminal for N/S leg of VLB antenna.
Vega E/W VLB
Tracking and telemetry
45°41′42″N 63°22′24″E / 45.69506°N 63.37343°E / 45.69506; 63.37343
East terminal for E/W leg of VLB antenna.
Area 22
Point of interest
45°41′09″N 63°18′32″E / 45.68589°N 63.30895°E / 45.68589; 63.30895
An electrical power substation.
Area 23
Tracking and telemetry
45°42′15″N 63°20′23″E / 45.70428°N 63.33973°E / 45.70428; 63.33973
IP-5 Tracking and telemetry area, "Saturn", "Mt. Myrkuduk".
Area 31, PU-2
Launch pad
45°59′46″N 63°33′51″E / 45.99611°N 63.56426°E / 45.99611; 63.56426
Heavily used for R-7, Molniya, Vostok, Soyuz-Cosmos, Soyuz-Fregat from January 14, 1971 to present. MIK-40, lab 124.
Pad PU 31
Launch pad
Used for Tsiklon testing from October 1, 1965 to August 14, 1968.
Area 32
Support
45°59′37″N 63°35′08″E / 45.99353°N 63.58555°E / 45.99353; 63.58555
Residential area for Area 31 on Mt. Koramola; MIK-32 and MIK-32GCh
Area 32 part 2
Nothing known
45°59′48″N 63°35′54″E / 45.99669°N 63.59825°E / 45.99669; 63.59825
Area 32y
Launch pad
46°00′13″N 63°35′02″E / 46.0037°N 63.58402°E / 46.0037; 63.58402
Training launch pad for the R-16 rocket.
Pad PU 32
Launch pad
Used for Tsiklon testing from August 3, 1965 to September 8, 1967.
Pad PU 33
Launch pad
Used for Tsiklon testing from July 9, 1965 to February 28, 1975.
Area 37
Nothing known
45°52′47″N 63°26′45″E / 45.87978°N 63.44582°E / 45.87978; 63.44582
Orbital warhead assembly and storage.
Area 38
Support
45°52′59″N 63°26′21″E / 45.88319°N 63.43925°E / 45.88319; 63.43925
Processing and control area for R-16 ICBM, anti-aircraft defense site (MIK-38)
Area 38a
Support
45°53′30″N 63°26′09″E / 45.89155°N 63.43574°E / 45.89155; 63.43574
Utility support
Area 39
Nothing known
45°52′47″N 63°27′13″E / 45.87978°N 63.45361°E / 45.87978; 63.45361
Area 40
Support
45°52′43″N 63°27′19″E / 45.87864°N 63.45521°E / 45.87864; 63.45521
Support
Area 41, PU 3
Launch pad
45°58′32″N 63°39′35″E / 45.97542°N 63.65981°E / 45.97542; 63.65981
Designed for R-16 testing, first use: Nedelin disaster explosion killed 130+ staff including Marshal Nedelin, Oct 24, 1960. Used until December 22, 1967; now has memorial where rocket stood, commemorating these and 7 others to die exactly 3 years later.
Area 41, PU 4
Launch pad
45°58′33″N 63°39′53″E / 45.9759°N 63.66486°E / 45.9759; 63.66486
Used for R-16 testing from February 2, 1961 to December 27, 1967.
Area 41, PU-15
Launch pad
45°58′35″N 63°40′07″E / 45.97626°N 63.66868°E / 45.97626; 63.66868
Used for R-16, Strela, Cosmos 3 from May 25, 1963 to August 27, 1968.
Area 42
Support
45°57′59″N 63°39′02″E / 45.96634°N 63.65068°E / 45.96634; 63.65068
Manufacturing and support; MIK-42, for R-16 ICBM.
Area 43
Tracking and telemetry
45°58′25″N 63°38′47″E / 45.97352°N 63.64632°E / 45.97352; 63.64632
Residential for R-16, IP-2 ground control station, on Mt Koma. Was IP-1B, tracking for Pad 41 where Nedelin disaster occurred, and where Nedelin and his staff should have been.
Area 44
Support
45°58′13″N 63°39′12″E / 45.9704°N 63.65326°E / 45.9704; 63.65326
Support area. Motor pool. Original IP-2 tracking station.
Pad 45/1
Launch pad
45°56′36″N 63°39′11″E / 45.94326°N 63.65304°E / 45.94326; 63.65304
Used for Zenit-2, Zenit-2M, Zenit-3M from June 21, 1985 to present. Pad doesn't used PU designations?
Pad 45/2
Launch pad
45°56′24″N 63°39′18″E / 45.94006°N 63.65494°E / 45.94006; 63.65494
Used for Zenit-2 from May 22, 1990 until destroyed in explosion on December 4, 1990. Pad doesn't used PU designations?
Area 46, 47
Support
45°56′06″N 63°39′28″E / 45.9351°N 63.65769°E / 45.9351; 63.65769
Areas ready for expansion of the Zenit program?
Area 51, PU-5
Launch pad
45°55′26″N 63°20′27″E / 45.92387°N 63.34093°E / 45.92387; 63.34093
Alternate R-9/GR-1/Soyuz launch pad from April 9, 1961 through October 28, 1962.
Area 52
Support
45°56′16″N 63°19′24″E / 45.93787°N 63.3233°E / 45.93787; 63.3233
Radio Control station for R-9, 1 km from Area 51
Area 53
Support
Radio Control station and antenna field; Signal and Zarya buildings to support manned space.
Area 60, PU-6, -7 and -8
Launch pad
46°01′08″N 63°59′57″E / 46.01897°N 63.99929°E / 46.01897; 63.99929
Destroyed triple R-16 ICBM silo complex "Sheksna".
Area 61
Support
46°00′19″N 63°56′47″E / 46.00538°N 63.94635°E / 46.00538; 63.94635
Command and Control area, now razed.
Area 61a
Support
46°00′49″N 63°56′44″E / 46.01364°N 63.94563°E / 46.01364; 63.94563
Old communications site.
Area 62
Nothing known
45°58′08″N 63°40′53″E / 45.96899°N 63.6815°E / 45.96899; 63.6815
Area 63
Support
46°00′27″N 63°59′15″E / 46.00745°N 63.98737°E / 46.00745; 63.98737
Construction garrison.
Area 64
Support
46°00′24″N 64°01′11″E / 46.00677°N 64.01977°E / 46.00677; 64.01977
Communications center.
Area 67, PU 21
Launch pad
45°59′22″N 63°42′18″E / 45.98932°N 63.70494°E / 45.98932; 63.70494
Used for Tsiklon, R-36M, and MR-UR100 testing from September 28, 1963 to December 22, 1972. Dismantled.
Area 67, PU 22
Launch pad
45°59′22″N 63°42′26″E / 45.98944°N 63.70727°E / 45.98944; 63.70727
Launched R-36, Tsiklon from April 26, 1964 to May 20, 1966. Dismantled.
Area 68
Support
45°58′48″N 63°43′39″E / 45.97994°N 63.72748°E / 45.97994; 63.72748
Telemetry and control site.
Pad 69L
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
Operational R-36 ICBM silo, later for Tsyklon-2, destroyed.
Pad 69P
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
Operational R-36 ICBM silo, destroyed.
Area 70
Launch pad
46°01′58″N 63°05′47″E / 46.0328°N 63.09633°E / 46.0328; 63.09633
Desna-V Triple R-9 ICBM silos with slide covers intact. Fire in one of these on October 24, 1963 killed 7. Used from February 11, 1963 to October 24, 1963.
Area 71
Support
45°59′14″N 63°08′26″E / 45.98724°N 63.14052°E / 45.98724; 63.14052
Admin, support, nice residential/research area with trees and park.
Area 72
Support
45°51′59″N 63°19′18″E / 45.86628°N 63.32164°E / 45.86628; 63.32164
Large multistory bldg, admin or research, in bounded equipment area.
Area 75
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
45°57′56″N 63°11′54″E / 45.96567°N 63.19827°E / 45.96567; 63.19827
Desna-N Experimental R-9 ICBM surface complex.
Area 80, PU-6
Launch pad
46°01′08″N 64°00′58″E / 46.01888°N 64.0161°E / 46.01888; 64.0161
R-16 ICBM, later R-16U, UR-2000, R-36.
Area 80, PU-7
Launch pad
46°01′06″N 64°01′00″E / 46.0184°N 64.01668°E / 46.0184; 64.01668
R-16 ICBM, later R-16U, UR-2000, R-36.
Area 80, PU-8
Launch pad
46°01′05″N 64°01′02″E / 46.01806°N 64.0173°E / 46.01806; 64.0173
R-16 ICBM, later R-16U, UR-2000, R-36.
Area 81, PU-23
Launch pad
46°04′26″N 62°58′42″E / 46.07401°N 62.97844°E / 46.07401; 62.97844
Proton-K. Bldg 81-1 is launch pad (with underground vault). Explosion on pad on July 15, 1968 killed three techs.
Area 81, PU-24
Launch pad
46°04′15″N 62°59′05″E / 46.07089°N 62.98478°E / 46.07089; 62.98478
Proton-M, flights to the ISS, customer flights using Russia's space service. Bldg 81-2 is launch pad (with underground vault). Used from Nivember 22, 1967 to present.
Bldg 81-250/251
Support
46°04′06″N 62°58′25″E / 46.06841°N 62.97366°E / 46.06841; 62.97366
Launch control center for both Area 81 pads.
Area 82
Support
46°03′29″N 62°58′02″E / 46.05815°N 62.96721°E / 46.05815; 62.96721
Backup command post
Area 84
Nothing known
46°03′51″N 62°57′48″E / 46.06418°N 62.96342°E / 46.06418; 62.96342
Area 89A
Support
46°02′26″N 62°56′29″E / 46.04044°N 62.94135°E / 46.04044; 62.94135
Area 90, PU-19
Launch pad
46°04′53″N 62°55′56″E / 46.08135°N 62.93231°E / 46.08135; 62.93231
For testing Tskylon-2/UR-200, from November 5, 1963 to December 9, 1997.
Area 90, PU-20
Launch pad
46°04′47″N 62°56′08″E / 46.07974°N 62.9355°E / 46.07974; 62.9355
For testing Tskylon-2/UR-200, from September 24, 1964 to June 24, 2006.
Area 91A
Support
46°04′25″N 62°55′28″E / 46.07349°N 62.92438°E / 46.07349; 62.92438
Pumping and refueling for Proton payloads & upper stages.
Area 92
Support
46°03′30″N 62°55′55″E / 46.05831°N 62.93193°E / 46.05831; 62.93193
Rocket processing area.
92A-50 Building
Support
46°03′40″N 62°55′27″E / 46.06104°N 62.9243°E / 46.06104; 62.9243
Spacraft prep, payload and LV integration.
92A-50 fueling area
Support
46°03′44″N 62°55′14″E / 46.06234°N 62.92052°E / 46.06234; 62.92052
Low pressure fueling bay.
Area 93
Support
46°03′23″N 62°53′30″E / 46.05636°N 62.89176°E / 46.05636; 62.89176
Pyrotecnics station. Buildings are bermed.
Area 94
Launch pad
46°04′09″N 62°51′36″E / 46.06911°N 62.85991°E / 46.06911; 62.85991
Small rocket launch pad area for UR-100N and Rokot.
Area 94A
Support
46°03′41″N 62°51′34″E / 46.06149°N 62.85944°E / 46.06149; 62.85944
Processing and storage for Radioisotope Thermal Generators for US-A rockets.
Area 95
Support
46°03′19″N 62°56′48″E / 46.05525°N 62.94661°E / 46.05525; 62.94661
"Proton City". Old residential area, hotels / inns for visitors.
Area 95(?) PU-61(?)
Launch pad
45°46′53″N 63°12′32″E / 45.78141°N 63.20893°E / 45.78141; 63.20893
Large scale (Proton-class) triple pad launch area, unfinished? Name attached: "Korenka".
Area 96
Support
46°04′11″N 62°56′17″E / 46.06961°N 62.93813°E / 46.06961; 62.93813
Rocket processing. Used to be the IP-3 tracking station.
Area 97
Tracking and telemetry
46°03′46″N 62°56′08″E / 46.06286°N 62.93545°E / 46.06286; 62.93545
New IP-3 Tracking station.
Area 98 Part 1
Support
46°04′04″N 62°55′28″E / 46.06791°N 62.92454°E / 46.06791; 62.92454
Old fueling station?
Area 99
Support
46°03′31″N 62°56′23″E / 46.0585°N 62.93979°E / 46.0585; 62.93979
Old Fueling station?
Area 99A
Support
46°02′45″N 62°56′24″E / 46.04572°N 62.94°E / 46.04572; 62.94
Support area.
Area 101
Launch pad
45°57′05″N 63°25′38″E / 45.95144°N 63.42719°E / 45.95144; 63.42719
Used for R-36M from February 21, 1973 til February 18, 1976, other R-36 versions Mar 12 1978-Mar 21, 1986; last was failure. Destroyed 7/1988, scraped clean.
Area 102
Launch pad
45°55′58″N 63°26′08″E / 45.93279°N 63.43557°E / 45.93279; 63.43557
Used for one flight of the R-36M, on June 29, 1978. Destroyed 1996, scraped clean.
Area 103
Launch pad
45°57′08″N 63°26′41″E / 45.95235°N 63.44477°E / 45.95235; 63.44477
Used to test R-36M from April 29, 1973 until february 3, 1977.
Area 104
Launch pad
45°59′15″N 63°25′11″E / 45.98749°N 63.41968°E / 45.98749; 63.41968
Used to test R-36M from October 19, 1972 until December 23, 1974.
Area 105
Launch pad
46°00′11″N 63°31′30″E / 46.00294°N 63.52496°E / 46.00294; 63.52496
Used to test R-36M from April 27, 1974 until May 28, 1977. Scraped clean.
Area 106
Launch pad
45°57′01″N 63°29′46″E / 45.95024°N 63.4962°E / 45.95024; 63.4962
Used to test R-36M from June 24, 1974 until March 30, 1983.
Area 107/108
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
46°14′19″N 63°53′35″E / 46.23862°N 63.893°E / 46.23862; 63.893
Separate operational ICBM silos. In a low res area, and has been cleaned up.
Area 109, PU-95
Launch pad
45°57′04″N 63°29′49″E / 45.95116°N 63.49708°E / 45.95116; 63.49708
Used for R-36M, Dnepr, and for lofting customer satellites. Used from July 4, 1974 until June 15, 2007.
Area 110, PU-37
Launch pad
45°57′53″N 63°18′18″E / 45.96486°N 63.30496°E / 45.96486; 63.30496
Soyuz 7K-LOK and the single Buran/Energia launch. Used from June 26, 1971 and November 15, 1988.
Area 110, PU-38
Launch pad
45°57′44″N 63°18′36″E / 45.96223°N 63.31005°E / 45.96223; 63.31005
Soyuz 7K-L1A, N-1. Used from May 7, 1968 until July 3, 1969. This last launch of the N1-5L 2nd blew up about ten seconds after launch when it fell back on the pad.
Area 110a
Support
45°57′10″N 63°17′26″E / 45.95267°N 63.29067°E / 45.95267; 63.29067
Support. Most of buildings here razed.
Area 111, PU-1
Launch pad
45°54′28″N 63°25′58″E / 45.90764°N 63.43264°E / 45.90764; 63.43264
Destroyed ICBM silo.
Area 111, PU-2
Launch pad
45°54′46″N 63°25′49″E / 45.91282°N 63.43041°E / 45.91282; 63.43041
Destroyed ICBM silo.
Area 112
Support
45°55′44″N 63°17′57″E / 45.92877°N 63.29928°E / 45.92877; 63.29928
Support for N1/Energia. Assembly building, roof caved in, destroying the Buran OK-1K1, the only Buran orbiter to actually fly in space and it's Energia display, as well 8 workers. Two crawler/erectors parked in front.
Area 112a
Support
45°56′21″N 63°37′01″E / 45.93903°N 63.61705°E / 45.93903; 63.61705
Energia/Buran support. The large MZK building now houses two of the remianing Buran models.
Area 113
Support
45°54′57″N 63°16′44″E / 45.91574°N 63.27878°E / 45.91574; 63.27878
Residential, research, abandoned.
Area 114
Support
45°56′05″N 63°17′18″E / 45.93464°N 63.2882°E / 45.93464; 63.2882
Admin, research, most of the buildings razed.
Area 115
Support
45°52′40″N 63°15′24″E / 45.87775°N 63.25659°E / 45.87775; 63.25659
Appears to be tank farm with evaporation ponds. Cleaning stations. Some maps have areas 115a and 116 due west of this one, but there isn't anything there in Google.
Area 118
Support
45°55′39″N 63°16′05″E / 45.92739°N 63.26804°E / 45.92739; 63.26804
storage, manufacturing area
Area 119
Support
45°55′25″N 63°15′27″E / 45.92353°N 63.25738°E / 45.92353; 63.25738
residential, admin, trees, mostly razed.
Area 119a
Support
45°55′52″N 63°16′41″E / 45.9311°N 63.27813°E / 45.9311; 63.27813
Support.
Pad 130L
Launch pad
46°05′11″N 62°54′52″E / 46.08634°N 62.91438°E / 46.08634; 62.91438
UR-100 ICBM test pad.
Pad 130R
Launch pad
46°05′08″N 62°55′00″E / 46.08549°N 62.91664°E / 46.08549; 62.91664
UR-100 ICBM test pad. Used once, on April 19, 1965.
Pad 131L
Launch pad
46°04′18″N 62°57′22″E / 46.07157°N 62.95622°E / 46.07157; 62.95622
Used for testing UR-100, -N ICBMs, Rokot. Silo destroyed. Used from July 17, 1965 until November 20, 1990.
Pad 131C
Launch pad
46°04′16″N 62°57′25″E / 46.07117°N 62.95692°E / 46.07117; 62.95692
Destroyed ICBM silo.
Pad 131R
Launch pad
46°04′15″N 63°03′30″E / 46.0708°N 63.05829°E / 46.0708; 63.05829
Destroyed ICBM silo.
Area 132
Launch pad
46°02′12″N 63°02′52″E / 46.03663°N 63.04781°E / 46.03663; 63.04781
Used for UR-100NU testing from June 27, 2001 until December 10, 2002.
Area 140, PU-18
Launch pad
45°59′47″N 63°33′12″E / 45.99641°N 63.55328°E / 45.99641; 63.55328
Used with R-36, R-36M testing from April 27, 1965 through September 12, 1978. Site scraped clean
Area 141
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
45°54′35″N 63°20′56″E / 45.9098°N 63.34887°E / 45.9098; 63.34887
Operational R-36 ICBM silo, now cleared.
Area 142, PU-34
Launch pad
45°56′26″N 63°27′45″E / 45.94067°N 63.46258°E / 45.94067; 63.46258
Used to test R-36/Tsiklon ICBMs from October 28, 1968 through June 25, 1975.
Area 160
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
46°04′40″N 62°56′32″E / 46.07783°N 62.94232°E / 46.07783; 62.94232
Test R-36 ICBM FOBS silo, now destroyed.
Area 161, PU-35
Launch pad
46°02′01″N 63°03′46″E / 46.03349°N 63.06291°E / 46.03349; 63.06291
Used to test R-36 FOBS system from March 22, 1967 through October 8, 1973. Silo destroyed.
Area 162, PU-36
Launch pad
46°01′56″N 63°04′01″E / 46.03234°N 63.06681°E / 46.03234; 63.06681
Used to test R-36 FOBS system from September 17, 1966 through january 21, 1975. Silo destroyed.
Area 163
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
46°00′50″N 63°10′09″E / 46.01375°N 63.16912°E / 46.01375; 63.16912
Operational ICBM silo, now destroyed.
Area 164
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
45°56′40″N 63°03′50″E / 45.9445°N 63.06392°E / 45.9445; 63.06392
Operational ICBM silo, now destroyed.
Area 165
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
45°59′28″N 62°55′07″E / 45.99121°N 62.91851°E / 45.99121; 62.91851
Operational ICBM silo, now destroyed.
Area 170
Launch pad
45°56′52″N 63°01′34″E / 45.94772°N 63.02613°E / 45.94772; 63.02613
Used to test the MR-UR-100 from June 15, 1976 through August 30, 1979. Site razed.
Area 171
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
46°06′14″N 63°00′28″E / 46.10399°N 63.00777°E / 46.10399; 63.00777
FOBS silo. Razed by 2003, but pics dated 1990 show sliding lids.
Area 172
Launch pad
46°04′20″N 63°05′12″E / 46.07236°N 63.08661°E / 46.07236; 63.08661
Used to test MR-UR-100 ICBM from October 2, 1978 until April 18, 1981. Scraped clean.
Area 173
Launch pad
46°01′46″N 63°07′51″E / 46.02957°N 63.13083°E / 46.02957; 63.13083
Used to test MR-UR-100 ICBM from September 15, 1972 until August 11, 1978. Scraped clean.
Area 174
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
46°04′55″N 62°55′06″E / 46.08189°N 62.91834°E / 46.08189; 62.91834
FOBS silo. Site scraped clean.
Area 175, PU-2
Launch pad
46°03′09″N 62°59′10″E / 46.05251°N 62.98616°E / 46.05251; 62.98616
Used once with a Rokot to loft an amateur radio sat Radio-ROSTO 15 on December 26, 1994.
Area 175, PU-59
Launch pad
46°03′04″N 62°59′13″E / 46.05123°N 62.98694°E / 46.05123; 62.98694
Used to test UR-100N ICBMs, Rokot and Strela from December 20, 1991 through October 29, 2007.
Area 176
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
46°01′21″N 63°02′48″E / 46.02262°N 63.04675°E / 46.02262; 63.04675
FOBS silo. Site scraped clean.
Area 177
Launch pad
45°58′48″N 63°06′02″E / 45.97999°N 63.10067°E / 45.97999; 63.10067
Used to test MR-UR-100 ICBMs from April 6, 1973 until Spetember 12, 1978. Silo destroyed.
Area 178
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
46°01′31″N 62°53′29″E / 46.02528°N 62.89127°E / 46.02528; 62.89127
Operational ICBM silo, now destroyed.
Area 179
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
45°59′21″N 62°57′50″E / 45.9893°N 62.96383°E / 45.9893; 62.96383
FOBS silo. Site scraped clean.
Area 180
Launch pad
46°02′43″N 63°06′20″E / 46.04522°N 63.10542°E / 46.04522; 63.10542
Area scraped clean.
Area 181
Launch pad
46°03′25″N 63°01′56″E / 46.05699°N 63.0323°E / 46.05699; 63.0323
Used to test MR-UR-100 ICBMs from August 25, 1978 through December 26, 1979. Scraped clean.
Area 182
Tracking and telemetry
46°00′39″N 63°01′09″E / 46.01078°N 63.01926°E / 46.01078; 63.01926
UR-100/Rokot launch pad.
Area 191, PU-66
Launch pad
45°58′11″N 63°11′48″E / 45.96984°N 63.19662°E / 45.96984; 63.19662
Used to test the R-36 Tsyklon FOBS from September 15, 1969 through August 8, 1971. Silo destroyed.
Area 192
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
46°01′28″N 63°17′58″E / 46.0244°N 63.29957°E / 46.0244; 63.29957
Operational FOBS ICBM silo, now destroyed.
Area 193
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
45°57′12″N 63°23′20″E / 45.95321°N 63.38901°E / 45.95321; 63.38901
Operational FOBS ICBM silo, now destroyed.
Area 194
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
45°51′56″N 63°17′11″E / 45.86546°N 63.28625°E / 45.86546; 63.28625
Operational FOBS ICBM silo, now destroyed.
Area 195
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
45°47′34″N 63°16′29″E / 45.79288°N 63.27465°E / 45.79288; 63.27465
Operational FOBS ICBM silo, now destroyed.
Area 196
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
45°49′42″N 63°08′52″E / 45.82822°N 63.14767°E / 45.82822; 63.14767
OperationalFOBS ICBM silo, now destroyed.
Area 200, PU-39
Launch pad
46°02′24″N 63°01′55″E / 46.03989°N 63.032°E / 46.03989; 63.032
Used for Proton/Briz-M, Proton-K, Ariane 5; Russia's custom spaceflight services from February 20, 1980. The launch pad is building 200-2.
Area 200, PU-40
Launch pad
46°02′11″N 63°02′17″E / 46.03642°N 63.03793°E / 46.03642; 63.03793
Used for Proton-K from July 23, 1977 until March 31, 1991.
Site 201
Support
46°01′49″N 63°01′45″E / 46.03015°N 63.02929°E / 46.03015; 63.02929
Engine test area?
Area 202
Support
46°01′32″N 63°01′06″E / 46.02543°N 63.01841°E / 46.02543; 63.01841
Service area - power, oil/gas
Area 203
Launch pad
45°57′21″N 62°58′40″E / 45.95573°N 62.97783°E / 45.95573; 62.97783
Whatever was there has been cleaned down to dirt.
Area 204
Support
46°01′35″N 63°01′00″E / 46.02625°N 63.01671°E / 46.02625; 63.01671
Electrical substation.
Area 207
Launch pad
46°02′49″N 63°01′36″E / 46.04683°N 63.02666°E / 46.04683; 63.02666
Whatever was there is scraped to the earth.
Area 241
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
45°51′30″N 63°27′21″E / 45.85832°N 63.4558°E / 45.85832; 63.4558
Operational R-36 FOBS ICBM silo, now destroyed.
Area 242
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
45°56′44″N 63°28′53″E / 45.94552°N 63.48143°E / 45.94552; 63.48143
Operational R-36 FOBS ICBM silo, now destroyed.
Area 243
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
45°51′18″N 63°44′13″E / 45.85491°N 63.73707°E / 45.85491; 63.73707
Operational R-36 FOBS ICBM silo, now destroyed.
Area 244
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
45°50′25″N 63°38′04″E / 45.84021°N 63.63455°E / 45.84021; 63.63455
Operational R-36 FOBS ICBM silo, now destroyed.
Area 245
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
45°49′03″N 63°31′38″E / 45.81754°N 63.52709°E / 45.81754; 63.52709
Operational R-36 FOBS ICBM silo, now destroyed.
Area 246
Operational ICBM or FOBS silo.
45°45′56″N 63°25′25″E / 45.76561°N 63.42363°E / 45.76561; 63.42363
Operational R-36 FOBS ICBM silo, now destroyed.
Area 250
Launch pad
46°00′30″N 63°18′17″E / 46.00847°N 63.30476°E / 46.00847; 63.30476
Used only once for Energia and the Polyus anti-satellite system on May 15, 1987. It may be the site of the Baiterek ("Poplar tree") joint venture for a launcher for the 26 ton payload Angara rocket.
Area 250A
Support
45°59′12″N 63°16′24″E / 45.98664°N 63.27329°E / 45.98664; 63.27329
Buran/Energia launch control site.
Area 251, Yubileiniy (Jubilee) Airport
Support
46°03′23″N 63°14′49″E / 46.05649°N 63.24703°E / 46.05649; 63.24703
Buran landing/transport area; more lately VIP and customer transport area.
Site 251
Support
46°01′49″N 63°10′31″E / 46.03024°N 63.17535°E / 46.03024; 63.17535
Microwave radar for automatic Buran landings.
Area 251
Point of interest
46°07′49″N 63°31′00″E / 46.13018°N 63.51656°E / 46.13018; 63.51656
Buran navigation beacon, 20 km from strip.
Area 252
Support
46°04′10″N 63°13′18″E / 46.06954°N 63.22168°E / 46.06954; 63.22168
Outdoor storage, warehouses, some buildings razed.
Area 253
Support
45°56′24″N 63°18′53″E / 45.9401°N 63.31464°E / 45.9401; 63.31464
Support. A crawler/erector rests here, as well as the SDI, the vertical vibration test "skyscraper".
Area 254-OK ML-1
Support
45°55′11″N 63°18′36″E / 45.91963°N 63.30996°E / 45.91963; 63.30996
Buran testbed, with test article on display in pics in 2006. Due to deterioration, it was moved in 2007 to the museum in Area 112 and restored.
Bldg 254-MIK OK
Support
45°55′19″N 63°18′05″E / 45.92186°N 63.30129°E / 45.92186; 63.30129
Astronauts are prepped here for their flights.
Area 255
Tracking and telemetry
45°54′29″N 63°19′34″E / 45.908°N 63.32619°E / 45.908; 63.32619
Main tracking facility.
Area 280
Support
45°39′41″N 63°18′14″E / 45.66146°N 63.3039°E / 45.66146; 63.3039
Single building is a skeleton.
Area 301
Support
45°48′59″N 63°17′48″E / 45.81639°N 63.29654°E / 45.81639; 63.29654
7 large rectangular concrete pads. Satellite view calibration targets, painted in various patterns.
Area 302
Nothing known
45°46′51″N 63°08′37″E / 45.78094°N 63.14357°E / 45.78094; 63.14357
There's supposed to an area 302 out here somewhere.
Area 304
Support
45°52′01″N 63°26′18″E / 45.86704°N 63.43833°E / 45.86704; 63.43833
Waste management.
Area 305
Nothing known
45°43′24″N 63°20′19″E / 45.72323°N 63.33849°E / 45.72323; 63.33849
??
Area 350
Nothing known
45°39′40″N 63°18′58″E / 45.66123°N 63.31612°E / 45.66123; 63.31612
Monument
Monument
45°37′42″N 63°18′42″E / 45.62824°N 63.31155°E / 45.62824; 63.31155
A bust, "Tyratam"
MR-UR-100 missile
Monument
45°37′42″N 63°18′43″E / 45.62839°N 63.31197°E / 45.62839; 63.31197
The 15A15 civil variant of the RS-16/SS-17 ICBM
Area 113 - N-1 tankage on display
Monument
45°54′43″N 63°16′27″E / 45.91184°N 63.2742°E / 45.91184; 63.2742
Spherical and sections of N1 surplus tankage use for storage. They were meant to be destroyed to cover N1's mission and failure.
Water Pump Site #6
Support
45°53′24″N 63°26′03″E / 45.88992°N 63.43404°E / 45.88992; 63.43404
Water Pump Site #10
Support
46°03′31″N 62°56′54″E / 46.05868°N 62.9483°E / 46.05868; 62.9483
Water Pump Site
Support
46°03′44″N 63°13′51″E / 46.06213°N 63.23092°E / 46.06213; 63.23092
Water Pump Site #11
Support
45°54′27″N 63°15′04″E / 45.9076°N 63.25121°E / 45.9076; 63.25121
Water Pump Site #5
Support
45°50′08″N 63°19′25″E / 45.8356°N 63.32348°E / 45.8356; 63.32348
Crash site
Point of interest
46°04′57″N 62°58′25″E / 46.0825°N 62.9736°E / 46.0825; 62.9736
A Proton rocket carrying the Mars 69 spacecraft crashed here on April 2, 1969.
Pad ???
Launch pad
45°59′14″N 63°38′51″E / 45.98722°N 63.64762°E / 45.98722; 63.64762
Thought to be a launch pad for the Temp-S series in 1971.
crash site
Point of interest
45°59′12″N 63°21′26″E / 45.98661°N 63.35713°E / 45.98661; 63.35713
Some of the debris field from the June 25, 1971 N1-6L 3rd rocket failure, launched to the east.
Water Pump Site #7
Support
45°57′11″N 63°33′55″E / 45.95315°N 63.56537°E / 45.95315; 63.56537
Crash site
Point of interest
45°59′33″N 63°30′52″E / 45.99243°N 63.51455°E / 45.99243; 63.51455
Main crash site of a three stage N1-6L 3rd rocket on June 27, 1971.
Military exercise area, operation "Shift"
Point of interest
46°00′57″N 64°01′14″E / 46.01593°N 64.02057°E / 46.01593; 64.02057