Yubileyniy Airport
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Yubileyniy (
The airport is leased by Russia from Kazakhstan as part of the “Baikonur” complex. The aerodrome operator is FSUE “TsENKI”.
Yubileyniy airfield supports all types of aircraft, including
History
The airfield was built in the early 1980s for the development of the Buran reusable spacecraft program.[2] The decree establishing the landing complex was adopted in October 1977. The airfield received the name "Jubilee," in connection with the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution. NPO Molniya was appointed the lead developer of the complex. The 20th Central Design Institute of the USSR Ministry of Defense carried out the design.[3]
In 1979, crews from the 130th Engineering Department began construction on the 4500 x 84 m runway. The runway used M-600 monolithic high-strength concrete with a thickness of 26–32 cm on a sand-cement foundation with a thickness of 18 to 22 cm. The total excavation volume was about 2 million m3. The first facilities were commissioned in November 1981.
The first landing was made in February 1980 by an
The first transportation to Baikonur of elements of the reusable space system “
The airfield belonged to the
In 1995, the need arose to support heavy aircraft from the
From 1997 to 2011, the aerodrome received passenger flights carrying administrative and technical personnel. In 2017, the airfield was transferred to the FSUE "TsENKI". A reconstruction of the airfield was planned for 2018.
Geography
The terrain is a slightly wavy plain (altitude 95–120 m). 4 km northeast of the airfield is Ushkızıl mountain (altitude 135 m).
Flora include wormwood-boylychy (northern) desert. The
No permanent watercourses and reservoirs are nearby. In the spring, after snowmelt and rain, takyr, small temporary lakes up to 0.5 m deep form.
See also
References
- ^ "Collection of aeronautical information No. 13 - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan" (PDF). CAI GA. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-08.
- ^ "Посадочный комплекс Байконура" [Landing complex of the Baikonur cosmodrome]. buran.ru. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
- ^ The reusable space system Energia-Buran. Moscow: NPP OmV-Luch, 2004. - 356 p.