Baikonour Space Airport leads the world in terms of missile launches

In 2006, Russia secured 45% of the launch of space missiles in the world. Anatoli Perminov, Director of the Russian Space Agency (Roskomos) has confirmed this at a press conference.

'Russia has now secured 40% of missile launches around the world, but this number has risen to 45% including Russian and Ukrainian missile launches within the Sea Launch Project , ' Perminov said. prefer.

Baikonour Space Airport in Kazakhstan leads the number of missile launches around the world.

The United States took second place with 18 launches in 2006, or 28% of the world total. China and Japan share third place with 6 launches, or 9% of worldwide launches. Europe is ranked fourth with 5 launches (8%).

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