Definition of "cosmodrome" []

• A site for launching spacecraft. Usually in reference to Soviet or Russian built sites like the Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Plesetsk, Russia cosmodromes. (noun)

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• "A Reuters witness said the truck mounted Topol was fired at 0723 GMT in drizzling rain from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, which is nestled among the forests of Russia's north."
• "Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, a crew member of the International Space Station, waves behind a glass divider during a news conference at Baikonur cosmodrome, on Monday."
• "The Soyuz TMA-22 lifted off as scheduled at 8.14am local time 4.14am GMT on Monday from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan."