Astana intends to share in the project for the commercial use of the Zenit launch vehicle for approximately $ 100 million to acquire.The Said Talgat Musabayev, head of the National Space Agency of Kazakhstan Kaskosmos, at a meeting of the Quorum of the office on Tuesday.
He pointed out that the Zenit rocket since 1998 under the Sea Launch Projektrs and since 2003 as part of the project will launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome ground successfully. His private operators is the Russian-Ukrainian company “International Space Services”.
“The first step in Kazakhstan's participation in this project will be the acquisition of shares in the Russian-Ukrainian undertakings is. It is also advisable to invest in the infrastructure development of the project, ground start, because it will secure Kazakhstan's participation in technological operations with the launch of this rocket, “explained Musabayev.
The three-stage rocket Zenit-3SLB is a modernized version of the Zenit-3SL rocket, which is used in the space launches under the international Sea Launch project. The missiles are manufactured in the Ukrainian enterprises and KP Yuzhnoye PO Juschmaschsawod.
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