Töretam

The naming was a bit of misdirection as the launch facilities were located 250–300 kilometres (160–190 mi) to the southwest at Töretam.

[1][2] At a press conference for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Jules Bergman of ABC News said to astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, Baikonur, if you'll look on the coordinates, is 135 miles [217 km] away or something.

[3]Deke Slayton said if they wanted to use the name the Soviets commonly used, they would have to say Baikonur.

The CIA tried to locate this launch site by systematically tracking over the major rail networks of the Soviet Union in Central Asia with U-2 spy planes.

[1][4] Mike Gruntman (2019), "From Tyuratam Missile Range to Baikonur Cosmodrome", Acta Astronautica, 155, Elsevier Ltd: 350–366, Bibcode:2019AcAau.155..350G, doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.12.021