At the end of 2013, the Baikonur cosmodrome was again recognized as the most used in the world. From its launch sites, 23 launches of carrier rockets with spacecraft for various purposes were carried out.
The Baikonur cosmodrome has once again become the leader in terms of the number of launches carried out. According to the results of 2013, according to Roskosmos, 23 launches of carrier rockets with spacecraft for various purposes were carried out from Baikonur.
- In 2013, 11 launches of Soyuz rockets were made from Baikonur: with four manned spacecraft Soyuz-TMA and four transport cargo vehicles Progress-M under the ISS program and three launches under the plans of the Federal Space Program and commercial launches, - reported by the space agency.
Roscosmos also added that last year from the Baikonur cosmodrome ten launches of Proton launch vehicles were carried out, one of which was emergency, and one launch of Zenit launch vehicle and Strela conversion launch vehicle (RS- eighteen).
In 2012, Baikonur was also recognized as the most used cosmodrome in the world. Then 21 launches of carrier rockets were carried out. In 2012, Cape Canaveral (USA) ranked second with ten launches.