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Baikonur Cosmodrome Launchpad

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When talking about spacestation and supplying them with rockets, the ultimate question arises: Where do all those rockets come from?

The Baikonur Cosmodrome Launchpad
Soyus Spaceport

MAIN FACTS:
- Based on the "Gagarin Start" launchpad in Kazakhstan
- Launchpad equipped with all four holding- and three support-arms
- Soyuz-train consist of three wagons and one diesel locomotive
- Flat wagons carry and lift the rocket
- Cooling wagon equipped with tanks and pipes
- Locomotive equipped with diesel engine
- Train runs on all tracks even with rocket on top
- Comes with seven minifigs (at least!)
- Approx. 1500 pieces

PLAYABLE FEATURES:
- bring the rocket in by train
- lift the rocket into the launchpad
- secure the rocket with the holding-arms
- lift the support arms to cool the rocket's cargo
- move the train away into a safe distance before launch
- retract the support arms from the rocket
- count down from 10 to 0!
- retract the holding arms while lifting the rocket

NICE TO KNOW:
The rocket included is the same as in my
- Soyuz Rocket with Spacecraft (https://ideas.lego.com/projects/64651)
This model is designed in the same scale as my
- MIR Space Station (https://ideas.lego.com/projects/64101)
- International Space Station (http://ideas.lego.com/projects/61057)
- Space Shuttle (https://ideas.lego.com/projects/66710) 
- Shuttle Carrierer Aircraft (https://ideas.lego.com/projects/66294)
- Hubble Telescope (https://ideas.lego.com/projects/66094)

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