Baikonur Cosmodrome

Baikonur Cosmodrome
Location	Earth
Affiliation	Russia
type	Shipyard/Spaceport
Status	Active
Operational	1955 -
Characteristics
Capabilities:	2 bays build 21,364 mt/year (1,780 mt/month) control 2 ships of 250 mt (each) warehouse 243 SCUs
Background
Cost (RPs)	396
Annual Upkeep (RP)	20

Baikonur Cosmodrome, was the world's first and largest operational space launch facility, prior to the Augment period. It was located in the desert steppe of Kazakhstan, about 200 kilometres (124 mi) east of the Aral Sea, north of the Syr Darya river. It was originally built by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s as the base of operations for its space program. Both Vostok 1, the first manned spacecraft in human history, and before it, Sputnik 1, the world's first orbital spaceflight of any sort, were launched from one of Baikonur's launch pads.

Construction Bays

3,030 mt all-bays total capacity; 1,823 mt production monthly

Bay #	Vessel Class	Vessel Name	Mass (mt)	Start Date	Monthly Rate (mt)	Completion Date	notes
1
2
3
4
5

Shipyard

Total: 1,638 SCU

• 1) Intended to allow for up to 3,030 mt at a time. Facility Size Rating: 3
• 2) Area: 0.09 km2 (required)
• 3) Infrastructure: 7,272 mt, 1,077 SCU
• 4) Personnel Systems:
  • - Manufacturing Systems: 15 Type I Industrial Fabrication Unit produce up to 3,240 SCU (21,870 mt) every year, 120 SCU
  • - Personnel Transportation Systems:
    • - Lifts: 10 SCU
    • - Mobile transports: 3 SCU
  • - Fire Suppression Systems: 30 SCU
  • - Warehousing: 224 SCU
• 5) Power Systems:
  • - Fission Reactors: 3 fission reactors, 45 SCU
  • - Backup Batteries: 15 SCU
• 6) Operations Systems:
  • - Computers: silicon-based, 1 SCU
  • - Security Systems: shared with spaceport
  • - Science Systems (design department): Rating 2, 13 SCU

Spaceport

Total: 580 SCU

• 1) Intended to service 2 ships at 125 mt each, for a total of 250 mt. Facility Size Rating of 3.
• 2) Area: ~5,000 km2 (required: 0.01 km2)
• 3) Infrastructure: 1,000 mt, 148 SCU
• 4) Personnel Systems:
  • - Manufacturing Systems: 2 Type I Industrial Fabrication Units produce up to 36 SCU every month, 16 SCU
  • - Medical Systems: Rating 1, 5 SCU
  • - Recreation Facilities: Rating 3 (2 gyms, 1 small lounge), 18 SCU
  • - Personnel Transportation Systems:
    • - Lifts: 10 SCU
    • - Mobile transports: 3 SCU
  • - Fire Suppression Systems: 30 SCU
  • - Warehousing: 19 SCU
• 5) Power Systems:
  • - Fission Reactors: 3 fission reactors, 45 SCU
  • - Backup Batteries: 27 SCU
• 6) Operations Systems:
  • - Control Tower: 36 SCU
  • - Admin Center: mission control only (due to launch-only capability), 12 SCU
  • - Computers: silicon-based, 3 SCU
  • - Sensors: Class 0 navigational sensors, 3 SCU
  • - Communication Systems: Type I Interplanetary Radio, 3 SCU
  • - Security Systems: Rating 3, 3-6 cells, 24 SCU
• 8) Hangers: 178 SCU