 By this point, the CIA was flying U-2s straight over the Batynor Cosmodrome and knew exactly where it was. But that's sort of typical of many of the Soviet attempts at secrecy. It was a horrible place. It was frigid and horrible in the winter. It was hot and horrible in the summer. Nobody liked being there. And the whole point of putting it out there was to keep it hidden, which it was known from day one.