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