Baikonur (World of 2001: ASO add-on)
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| Baikonur | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Description | |||
| Full name | Baikonur | ||
| Role | Spaceport | ||
| Personnel | 100000 | ||
| Construction start date | 1954 | ||
| Commision date | 1956 | ||
| Operated by | Soviet Union | ||
| Basic Data | |||
| Body | Earth | ||
| Dimensions | 100 km x 100 km | ||
| Position | -80.53835 (long) | ||
| 28.43352 (lat) | |||
| Elevation | 0.0 m | ||
| Infrastructure | |||
| Launchapads | 13 | ||
| Tanks | 6 | ||
| Navigational radio transmitters | |||
| Type : Id | Frequency | Remarks | |
| VOR : BCD | 127.00 kHz | (+63.33, +45.92) | |
Baikonur is an incarnation of Baikonur base featured in World of 2001: A Space Odyssey add-on for Orbiter space flight simulator (a closed source, freeware simulator by Martin Schweiger).
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[edit] Infrastructure
Spaceport's infrastructure is uncharacteristically modest for a primary launch base of a space superpower. Among facilities available there are:
- 2 VTOL launchpads
- 1 runway
- 6 storage hangars
- 6 maintenance hangars
- 6 fuel tanks
[edit] History and evolution
[edit] Position and neighbourhood
Baikonur is located in the Earth's eastern hemisphere at 28.43352° N, 80.53835° E.
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[edit] Add-on genesis and evolution
[edit] Latest release
[edit] References and notes
- ^ World of 2001: A Space Oddysey Version 3.0 and Bases of 2001: ASO - documentation of World of 2001: A Space Odyssey add-on by Erik "Sputnik" Anderson, Alain "80MilesHigh" Hosking and Wolfgang "Nautilus" Schwarz.
