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class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Gagarin%27s_Start&params=45_55_13_N_63_20_32_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">45°55′13″N</span> <span class="longitude">63°20′32″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">45.92028°N 63.34222°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">45.92028; 63.34222</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:33%;">Short name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname" style="width:67%;">LC-1/5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:33%;">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:67%;"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_space_program" title="Soviet space program">Soviet space program</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roscosmos" title="Roscosmos">Roscosmos</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:33%;">Total launches</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:67%;">520</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:33%;">Launch pad(s)</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:67%;">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:33%;"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_inclination" title="Orbital inclination">Orbital inclination</a> <br />range</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:67%;">49° – 99°</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="width:67%;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ddf;">Launch history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:33%;">Status</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:67%;">Decommissioned</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:33%;">Launches</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:67%;">520</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:33%;">First launch</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:67%;">15 May 1957<br /><a href="/wiki/R-7_Semyorka" title="R-7 Semyorka">R-7</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:33%;">Last launch</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:67%;">25 September 2019<br /><a href="/wiki/Soyuz-FG" title="Soyuz-FG">Soyuz-FG</a> / <a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-15" title="Soyuz MS-15">Soyuz MS-15</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:33%;">Associated<br />rockets</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:67%;"><a href="/wiki/R-7_Semyorka" title="R-7 Semyorka">R-7</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vostok_(rocket_family)" title="Vostok (rocket family)">Vostok</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Voskhod_(rocket)" title="Voskhod (rocket)">Voskhod</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Molniya_(rocket)" title="Molniya (rocket)">Molniya</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Soyuz_(rocket_family)" title="Soyuz (rocket family)">Soyuz</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Gagarin's Start</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Гагаринский старт</span>, <i>Gagarinskiy start</i>), also known as <b>Baikonur Site 1</b> or <b>Site 1/5</b> was a launch site at the <a href="/wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome" title="Baikonur Cosmodrome">Baikonur Cosmodrome</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a> that was used by the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_space_program" title="Soviet space program">Soviet space program</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roscosmos" title="Roscosmos">Roscosmos</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gagarin%27s_Start&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The launchpad for the world's first human spaceflight made by <a href="/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin" title="Yuri Gagarin">Yuri Gagarin</a> on <a href="/wiki/Vostok_1" title="Vostok 1">Vostok 1</a> in 1961, the site was referred to as <b>Site No.1</b> (<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Площадка №1</span></span>, <i>Ploshchadka No. 1</i>) as the first one of its kind. It is also sometimes referred to as <b>NIIP-5 LC1</b>, <b>Baikonur LC1</b>, <b>LC-1/5</b>, <b>LC-1</b>, <b>Pad 1/5</b> or <b>GIK-5 LC1</b>. </p><p>On 17 March 1954, the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Ministers (Soviet Union)">Council of Ministers</a> ordered several ministries to select a site for a <a href="/wiki/Proving_ground" title="Proving ground">proving ground</a> to test the <a href="/wiki/R-7_rocket" class="mw-redirect" title="R-7 rocket">R-7 rocket</a> by 1 January 1955. A special <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">reconnaissance</a> commission considered several possible geographic regions and selected <a href="/wiki/Tyuratam" class="mw-redirect" title="Tyuratam">Tyuratam</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Kazakh_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic">Kazakh SSR</a>. This selection was approved on 12 February 1955 by the Council of Ministers, with a completion of construction targeted for 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-RSWB_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSWB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Work on the construction of Site No.1 began on 20 July 1955 by military engineers. Day and night more than 60 powerful trucks worked at the site; 15,000 cubic metres (20,000 cu yd) of earth were excavated and removed per day, with the total volume estimated to be 750,000 cubic metres (980,000 cu yd). During winter explosives were widely utilised. By the end of October 1956, all primary buildings and installation of infrastructure for R-7 tests were completed. The <b>Installation and Testing Building</b> (<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Монтажно-испытательный корпус</span></span>, <i>Montazhno-ispytatel'nyj korpus</i>) named "<b>Site No.2</b>" was built and a special railway completed from there to Site No.1 where the launch pad for the rocket was located.<sup id="cite_ref-NKA_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NKA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By April 1957, all remaining work was completed and the site was ready for launches. </p><p>The R-7 missile made its maiden voyage from LC-1 on 15 May 1957. On 4 October 1957, the pad was used to launch the world's first artificial satellite, <a href="/wiki/Sputnik_1" title="Sputnik 1">Sputnik 1</a>. Crewed spaceflights launched from the site include <a href="/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin" title="Yuri Gagarin">Yuri Gagarin</a>'s flight, <a href="/wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova" title="Valentina Tereshkova">Valentina Tereshkova</a>'s flight, and numerous other <a href="/wiki/Human_spaceflight" title="Human spaceflight">human spaceflight</a> missions, including all <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_spacecraft_and_crews_that_visited_Mir" class="mw-redirect" title="List of spacecraft and crews that visited Mir">crewed spaceflights to Mir</a>. The pad was also used to launch <a href="/wiki/Luna_program" class="mw-redirect" title="Luna program">Luna program</a> spacecraft, <a href="/wiki/Mars_probe_program" class="mw-redirect" title="Mars probe program">Mars probe program</a> spacecraft, <a href="/wiki/Venera_program" class="mw-redirect" title="Venera program">Venera program</a> spacecraft, many <a href="/wiki/Cosmos_(satellite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cosmos (satellite)">Cosmos satellites</a> and others.<sup id="cite_ref-RSW_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSW-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1957 through 1966 the site hosted ready-to-launch strategic nuclear ICBMs in addition to spacecraft launches;<sup id="cite_ref-RSW_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSW-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by the 2000s there had been more than 400 launches from the site.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 500th launch from this site was of <a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-18M" title="Soyuz TMA-18M">Soyuz TMA-18M</a> on 2 September 2015. </p><p>In 1961, the growing launch schedule of the Soviet space program resulted in the opening of a sister pad at Baikonur, <a href="/wiki/LC-31/6" class="mw-redirect" title="LC-31/6">LC-31/6</a>. LC-1 was the primary facility for human spaceflight launches, with occasional Soyuz flights from LC-31/6. LC-1 was damaged several times by booster explosions during the early years. </p><p>The pad underwent a year-long renovation program in 1969-70 to support Zenit reconnaissance satellite launches; during this time all R-7 launches from Baikonur were carried out from LC-31. </p><p>As of 2016, the most recent accident to occur on or around the pad was the attempted launch of <a href="/wiki/Soyuz_7K-ST_No.16L" title="Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L">Soyuz T-10-1</a> in September 1983, which ended disastrously when the booster caught fire during prelaunch preparations and exploded, causing severe damage that left LC-1 inoperable for almost a year. The first launch from the rehabilitated pad was a Yantar reconnaissance satellite in July 1984, but it did not host a manned launch again until <a href="/wiki/Soyuz_T-13" title="Soyuz T-13">Soyuz T-13</a> in June 1985, nearly two years after the Soyuz T-10-1 disaster. </p><p>In 2019, Gagarin's Start hosted its last two crewed launches in July and September before its planned modernisation for <a href="/wiki/Soyuz-2" title="Soyuz-2">Soyuz-2</a> rockets with a planned first launch at 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the retirement of Gagarin's Start, crewed missions are launched from <a href="/wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_31" title="Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31">Site 31</a>. </p><p>The last launch from Gagarin's Start was the <a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-15" title="Soyuz MS-15">Soyuz MS-15</a> flight to <a href="/wiki/ISS" class="mw-redirect" title="ISS">ISS</a> on 25 September 2019, the first crewed mission from Site 31 since 2012 was <a href="/wiki/Soyuz_MS-16" title="Soyuz MS-16">Soyuz MS-16</a> on 9 April 2020. </p><p>Gagarin's Start failed to receive funding to modernize it for the slightly larger Soyuz-2 rocket due to the reorientation of Russian space launches to the Vostochny cosmodrome. In 2023, it was announced that the Russian and Kazakhstan authorities plan to deactivate the site as a retired space launch pad and add it to the Baikonur Cosmodrome's museum complex.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gagarin%27s_Start&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Soyuz_TMA-16_Lifts_Off.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Soyuz TMA-16 launches from Gagarin's Start on 30 September 2009, on its way to the International Space Station."><img alt="Soyuz TMA-16 launches from Gagarin's Start on 30 September 2009, on its way to the International Space Station." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Soyuz_TMA-16_Lifts_Off.jpg/120px-Soyuz_TMA-16_Lifts_Off.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Soyuz_TMA-16_Lifts_Off.jpg/180px-Soyuz_TMA-16_Lifts_Off.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Soyuz_TMA-16_Lifts_Off.jpg/240px-Soyuz_TMA-16_Lifts_Off.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1904" data-file-height="1432" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-16" title="Soyuz TMA-16">Soyuz TMA-16</a> launches from Gagarin's Start on 30 September 2009, on its way to the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Soyuz_launch_pad.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sunrise at the launch pad prior to the rollout of Soyuz TMA-13, 10 October 2008."><img alt="Sunrise at the launch pad prior to the rollout of Soyuz TMA-13, 10 October 2008." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Soyuz_launch_pad.jpg/120px-Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Soyuz_launch_pad.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Soyuz_launch_pad.jpg/180px-Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Soyuz_launch_pad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Soyuz_launch_pad.jpg/240px-Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Soyuz_launch_pad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4256" data-file-height="2832" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Sunrise" title="Sunrise">Sunrise</a> at the launch pad prior to the rollout of <a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-13" title="Soyuz TMA-13">Soyuz TMA-13</a>, 10 October 2008.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Progress_M-13M_rocket_launches_from_Gagarin%27s_Start.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Progress M-13M launches on 30 October 2011."><img alt="Progress M-13M launches on 30 October 2011." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Progress_M-13M_rocket_launches_from_Gagarin%27s_Start.jpg/90px-Progress_M-13M_rocket_launches_from_Gagarin%27s_Start.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Progress_M-13M_rocket_launches_from_Gagarin%27s_Start.jpg/134px-Progress_M-13M_rocket_launches_from_Gagarin%27s_Start.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Progress_M-13M_rocket_launches_from_Gagarin%27s_Start.jpg/179px-Progress_M-13M_rocket_launches_from_Gagarin%27s_Start.jpg 2x" data-file-width="968" data-file-height="1296" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Progress_M-13M" title="Progress M-13M">Progress M-13M</a> launches on 30 October 2011.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Soyuz_expedition_19_launch_pad.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Flame deflector for Gagarin's Start"><img alt="The Flame deflector for Gagarin's Start" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Soyuz_expedition_19_launch_pad.jpg/120px-Soyuz_expedition_19_launch_pad.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Soyuz_expedition_19_launch_pad.jpg/180px-Soyuz_expedition_19_launch_pad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Soyuz_expedition_19_launch_pad.jpg/240px-Soyuz_expedition_19_launch_pad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1965" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Flame_deflector" title="Flame deflector">Flame deflector</a> for Gagarin's Start</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Baikonur_Cosmodrome_-_Baikonur-Kosmodrom_(Satellite_picture).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A Soyuz on Gagarin's Start, 2018, satellite photo"><img alt="A Soyuz on Gagarin's Start, 2018, satellite photo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_-_Baikonur-Kosmodrom_%28Satellite_picture%29.jpg/120px-Baikonur_Cosmodrome_-_Baikonur-Kosmodrom_%28Satellite_picture%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_-_Baikonur-Kosmodrom_%28Satellite_picture%29.jpg/180px-Baikonur_Cosmodrome_-_Baikonur-Kosmodrom_%28Satellite_picture%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_-_Baikonur-Kosmodrom_%28Satellite_picture%29.jpg/240px-Baikonur_Cosmodrome_-_Baikonur-Kosmodrom_%28Satellite_picture%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="886" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A Soyuz on Gagarin's Start, 2018, satellite photo</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gagarin%27s_Start&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_31" title="Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31">Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Launch_Complex_14" title="Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14">Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 14</a>, the equivalent for the United States' <a href="/wiki/Project_Mercury" title="Project Mercury">first human spaceflights</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gagarin%27s_Start&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"As Suffredini spoke, a Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft was being hoisted onto Russia's Baikonur launch pad, named "Gagarin's Start" after the first man in space. ", <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/13/content_381791.htm">http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/13/content_381791.htm</a> , <a href="/wiki/China_Daily" title="China Daily">China Daily</a>, 2004-10-13 on <a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-5" title="Soyuz TMA-5">Soyuz TMA-5</a> launch</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RSWB-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-RSWB_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.russianspaceweb.com/baikonur_origin.html">Origin of the test range in Tyuratam</a> at Russianspaceweb.com</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NKA-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NKA_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="languageicon">(in Russian)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/content/numbers/237/36.shtml">Creation and Launch of the First 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ria.ru/20190808/1557281344.html">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"Гагаринский старт" на "Байконуре" закроется на модернизацию до 2023 года"</a>. 8 August 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%22%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%22+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%22%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B5%22+%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8F+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8E+%D0%B4%D0%BE+2023+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0&rft.date=2019-08-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fria.ru%2F20190808%2F1557281344.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGagarin%27s+Start" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBerger2023" class="citation web cs1">Berger, Eric (16 October 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/lacking-funds-russia-will-turn-gagarins-start-launch-pad-into-a-museum/">"After six decades, 'Gagarin's Start' will meet its end as a launch pad"</a>. <i>Ars Technica</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 October</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Ars+Technica&rft.atitle=After+six+decades%2C+%E2%80%98Gagarin%E2%80%99s+Start%E2%80%99+will+meet+its+end+as+a+launch+pad&rft.date=2023-10-16&rft.aulast=Berger&rft.aufirst=Eric&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farstechnica.com%2Fspace%2F2023%2F10%2Flacking-funds-russia-will-turn-gagarins-start-launch-pad-into-a-museum%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGagarin%27s+Start" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gagarin%27s_Start&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>J. K. Golovanov, M., "Korolev: Facts and myths", <a href="/wiki/Nauka_(publisher)" title="Nauka (publisher)">Nauka</a>, 1994, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/5-02-000822-2" title="Special:BookSources/5-02-000822-2">5-02-000822-2</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://epizodsspace.airbase.ru/bibl/chertok/kniga-1/01.html">"Rockets and people"</a> – <a href="/wiki/Boris_Chertok" title="Boris Chertok">B. E. Chertok</a>, M: "mechanical engineering", 1999. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/5-217-02942-0" title="Special:BookSources/5-217-02942-0">5-217-02942-0</a> <span class="languageicon">(in Russian)</span></li> <li>«A breakthrough in space» - Konstantin Vasilyevich Gerchik, M: LLC "Veles", 1994, - <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/5-87955-001-X" title="Special:BookSources/5-87955-001-X">5-87955-001-X</a></li> <li>"Testing of rocket and space technology - the business of my life" Events and facts - <a href="/wiki/Arkady_Ostashev" title="Arkady Ostashev">A.I. Ostashev</a>, <a href="/wiki/Korolyov,_Moscow_Oblast" title="Korolyov, Moscow Oblast">Korolyov</a>, 2001.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://cosmosravelin.narod.ru/r-space/bibliografia.html">[1]</a></li> <li>"Baikonur. Korolev. Yangel." - M. I. Kuznetsk, <a href="/wiki/Voronezh" title="Voronezh">Voronezh</a>: IPF "Voronezh", 1997, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/5-89981-117-X" title="Special:BookSources/5-89981-117-X">5-89981-117-X</a></li> <li>"Look back and look ahead. Notes of a military engineer" - Rjazhsky A. A., 2004, SC. first, the publishing house of the "Heroes of the Fatherland" <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/5-91017-018-X" title="Special:BookSources/5-91017-018-X">5-91017-018-X</a></li> <li>"Rocket and space feat Baikonur" - Vladimir Порошков, the "Patriot" publishers 2007. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/5-7030-0969-3" title="Special:BookSources/5-7030-0969-3">5-7030-0969-3</a></li> <li>"Unknown Baikonur" - edited by B. I. Posysaeva, M.: "globe", 2001. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/5-8155-0051-8" title="Special:BookSources/5-8155-0051-8">5-8155-0051-8</a></li> <li>"Bank of the Universe" - edited by Boltenko A. 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title="List of R-7 launches (1990–1994)">1990–1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_R-7_launches_(1995%E2%80%931999)" title="List of R-7 launches (1995–1999)">1995–1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_R-7_launches_(2000%E2%80%932004)" title="List of R-7 launches (2000–2004)">2000–2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_R-7_launches_(2005%E2%80%932009)" title="List of R-7 launches (2005–2009)">2005–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_R-7_launches_(2010%E2%80%932014)" title="List of R-7 launches (2010–2014)">2010–2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_R-7_launches_(2015%E2%80%932019)" title="List of R-7 launches (2015–2019)">2015–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_R-7_launches_(2020%E2%80%932024)" title="List of R-7 launches (2020–2024)">2020–2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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