Geohistorical changes and space exploration: a study of the Baikonur Cosmodrome

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2357797585565

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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Space launch centers, Geohistory

Résumé

This study attempts to identify the geohistorical changes resulting from the establishment of space launch sites based on the experience of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The concept of geohistory proposed by Braudel (2015, p.630), bibliographic information, memoirs of Soviet scientists and military officers, and official documents were used for the analysis. First, geographical and socio-political aspects related to the establishment of space launch centers were studied, such as proximity to the equator, low population density, and others. It turns out that the Baikonur region suited the interests of the Soviet government at the time, which led to the transformation of a desert region into a dynamic center of interstate disputes during the Cold War. After the end of the Soviet Union, changes in the socioeconomic conditions of the city and the cosmodrome led to a loss of dynamism in the region. Currently, environmental issues and the new techno-economic paradigms of the space sector pose challenges to the continued importance of the Baikonur space center.

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Patrícia de Oliveira Matos, Universidade da Força Aérea, io de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Ph.D. in Aerospace Sciences (UNIFA) and Ph.D. candidate in International Political Economy (UFRJ). Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Aerospace Sciences at the University of the Air Force (UNIFA).  

Daniel de Pinho Barreiros, University of the Air Force, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

PhD in History (UFF). Professor of the Postgraduate Program in International Political Economy and the Postgraduate Program in Comparative History at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. 

Luciano Vaz-Ferreira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

Ph.D. in International Strategic Studies (UFRGS). Professor at Universidade da Força Aérea (UNIFA) and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG). 

Aleksandr Korolkov, Universidade da Força Aérea

Ph.D. in History of Latin American Countries (Lomonosov State University, Moscow). Currently, he is a postdoctoral researcher at the Universidade da Força Aérea (UNIFA).

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2024-01-18

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Matos, P. de O., Barreiros, D. de P., Vaz-Ferreira, L., & Korolkov, A. (2024). Geohistorical changes and space exploration: a study of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Revista InterAção, 15(1), e85565. https://doi.org/10.5902/2357797585565

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