History the first spaceport of the world originates in 1955. By the resolution of the Government of the USSR on February 12 1955 was decided to build a polygon testing of intercontinental ballistic missiles. On June 2 of the same year the General Staff of the Soviet Army was approved organizational structure of polygon. This day was later defined as a day of formation of the city and spaceport «Baikonur».
Use of materials for publication, commercial use, or distribution requires written or oral permission
from the Board of Editors or the author.
Hyperlink to Qazaqstan tarihy portal is necessary. All rights reserved by the Law RK “On author’s rights
and related rights”.
To request authorization email to
or call to 8 (7172) 57 14 08 (in
- 1164)
