cosmodrome
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Etymology edit
From cosmo- + -drome, modelled after aerodrome.
Noun edit
cosmodrome (plural cosmodromes)
- A site for launching spacecraft, usually in reference to such Soviet or Russian built sites as the Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Plesetsk, Russia cosmodromes.
- Synonym: spaceport
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a site for launching spacecraft
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See also edit
- Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Plesetsk, Arkhangelsk (“oblast”), Russia
- Vostochny, Uglegorsk, Amur (“oblast”), Russia
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cosmodrome m (plural cosmodromes)