Executive Order (Baikonur Cosmodrome)
is really Baikonur Cosmodrome, Gagarin's Start, Kyzylorda Region
Real place, reimagined
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
Mason and Woods infiltrate the Soviet launch site in 1963 to stop a Soyuz launch, abort the countdown from a control bunker and destroy the rocket on the pad.
The real place
Baikonur is the world's first and largest space launch site, and Gagarin's Start sent Yuri Gagarin into orbit in 1961. The pad was retired in 2019 and is being handed back to Kazakhstan.
Visiting
Visits are only possible on organised tours with permits arranged about two months ahead. Tours usually include the launch pads, museums and, on some dates, a live launch.
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