Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!psuvm.bitnet!cunyvm!ndsuvm1!ndsuvax!ncoverby From: ncoverby@ndsuvax.UUCP (Glen Overby) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Soviet Launch Sites (was Re: space news from Jan 16 AW&ST) Message-ID: <2500@ndsuvax.UUCP> Date: 1 Apr 89 07:02:50 GMT References: <1989Mar28.045026.7380@utzoo.uucp> Reply-To: ncoverby@plains.nodak.edu (Glen Overby) Followup-To: sci.space Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo Lines: 14 In article <1989Mar28.045026.7380@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: >Cover: photo of the systems-test prototype of the Soviet shuttle, >in its bay at Baikonur. ^^^^^^^ If I recall correctly what was said in James Oberg's _Red Star in Orbit_, the city of Baikonur doesn't even exist! It was a cover-up (that they're still using) to keep the US (and others) from knowing their exact launch site (then Tyrantrum[sp]). Now my question: where is the true place that the Soviet shuttle (and other space shots) is launched from? I seem to recall hearing one time about two locations. Latitude and Longitude would be nice to know, too. -- Glen Overby uunet!ndsuvax!ncoverby (UUCP) ncoverby@ndsuvax (Bitnet)