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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A site for launching spacecraft, usually in reference to such Soviet or Russian built sites as the Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Plesetsk, Russia cosmodromes.

Synonyms

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spaceport

Example

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"The Progress 75 spacecraft is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan."

Etymology

From cosmo- + -drome, modelled after aerodrome.

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