Site 45 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome is a launch site used by Zenit rockets. It consists of two pads one of which is still in use. It has been the launch site for all Soviet and Russian government Zenit launches along with a commercial launch conducted for Globalstar in 1998 and continuing commercial launches under the Land Launch programme. The main pad at the site is area 45/1 which was completed in 1983 following five years of construction.
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Baikonur Cosmodrome
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Russian Federal Space Agency, Strategic Missile Troops, Russian Space Forces
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