cosmodrome
/ˈkɒzmədrəʊm
/noun
(In the countries of the former Soviet Union) a launching site for spacecraft.Soyuz vehicles will launch both spacecraft from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan....
- The satellite will be carried into space from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan by a Soyuz launcher.
- The Baikonur cosmodrome has been the launch site of all of the Russian piloted spaceflights, including Sputnik 1 and this Soyuz-TM rocket.
Origin
1950s: from cosmo- + drome, on the pattern of aerodrome.