Living and Working at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

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Living and Working at the Baikonur Cosmodrome,
Kazakhstan
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Why Baikonur?

• High Level of Security
• First-Class support facilities
• Launch Vehicles matched to Customer Requirements
• Assured/Reliable Access to Space
• Historical Leadership in Rocketry

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Remote location
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Processing complex includes Airports
Yubileini/Krainy 92A-50 space vehicle processing
facility (SVPF 92A-50) 92-1 Hall 111 processing
facility TZP fueling bay Launch pads
23/24/39 Railway network Highways Hotels Sports
facilities Proton conference center
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Breeze M and Proton M performance to 6000kg to
GTO capacity for 12 commercial launches per year
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Future LEO/GTO
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PLF Options
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Rapid GTO Access
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Proton History

• First launch in 1965
• Over 300 launches
• 95 success rate
• 77 of components from flight heritage
• Constant performance improvement
• Used for military payloads, heavy-lift LEO and
  GTO, planetary interplanetary

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Baikonur Cosmodrome

• Implemented in 1955 (real Baikonur is 320 km NE
  attempt at disinformation)
• Measures 90km E/W X 85km N/S
• Town originally named Leninsk (until 1995)
• Sputnik October 1957
• Yuri Gagarin April 1961
• Buran launch/landing site
• Multiple Launch vehicles Proton, Rokot, Soyuz
• Reduced Range Safety Issues

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Getting to Baikonur

• Non-Russian citizens must utilize the gateway
  cities of Moscow or St. Petersburg
• Visas are required
• Commercial or charter flights are the preferred
  means of travel (trains are not recommended
  Kazak Visa safety issues)

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Moscow SVO 2
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Spending time in Moscow
Moscow Projection
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On Our way
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Charter Flight
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Miles of Miles
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Over Areas 92/200
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Area 92
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What to expect
Baikonur is 5 or 6 hours ahead of Greenwich
Mean Time, depending on Standard or Daylight
Savings time
Temperatures can be extremely hot in the summer
or extremely cold in the winter
High (F/C) Low (F/C)
January 32/0 -40/-40 February
32/0 -13/-25 March
41/5 5/-15 April 59/15
14/-10 May 82/28 37/3 June 104/40
59/15 July 113/45 68/20 August 131/55
68/20 September 104/40 50/10 October
59/15 32/0 November 41/5
14/-10 December 32/0 -13/-25
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It can get hot!
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Baikonur Map (our area)
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Yubileini Airfield
A 140 x 420 meters solid ferroconcrete pad serves
as apron, unloading area, and aircraft parking
area Railway is available directly at the
aircraft unloading area in order to minimize
spacecraft handling en route to processing
facility Railroad is level with the concrete
surface of the aircraft parking area Airport
Located 45-km North of Turatam Railway
Station Runway is 4,500 x 84 meters
(15000x275) Runway specifications allow
handling of all existing types of
aircraft Airport Facility Outfitted with
State-of-the-Art air Traffic Control and
Communication Equipment and Lighting Permitting
round-the-clock operation in good and adverse
weather Facility Maintenance Crews Outfitted with
all the Equipment Necessary to Service and Unload
Aircraft Such as ramp, K-Loader, 5 and 15-ton
forklifts, anti-icing unit, firefighting and
medical services, etc.
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Yubileini Projection
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Processing Facilities
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Processing Facilities
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Processing Facilities
Hall 102 preliminary operations such as
preparation, offloading and external cleaning of
delivered spacecraft container and GSE Hall 103
GSE storage Total area Gate dimension 10 x 12
m Cleanliness 100,000 Humidity 35-60 Temperatur
e 22?5 deg C This hall Is reserved for GSE
storage Hall 103a spacecraft processing and
fueling Total area 250 m2 Gate dimension 10 x 12
m Cleanliness Required 100,000 Actual 20,000-40,
000 Temperature 20-25 deg C Humidity
35-60 Power Supply 50 60-Hz Uninterruptible
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92A-50 Projection
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Fueling Area-Launch Pad

• Upper Stage fueled before movement to Pad
• Two days required
• Transport to Pad exactly at 0630
• 10.5 hours of transport time

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TZP-PAD01 Projection
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Hotel Projection
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Town Projection
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Other Projection