Russia, Arianespace To Sign Deal On Space Rocket Launch

LAUNCH PAD

bright lights, bright future

Moscow (AFP) Mar 29, 2005
The Russian Space Agency and European rocket launch company Arianespace are to sign a deal on April 11 to build a launch complex for Russian rockets at the Kourou site in French Guiana, Russian agency head Anatoly Perminov told Interfax late Tuesday.

Earlier this month, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin presided over the signature of four agreements also relating to the future launch of Soyuz rockets from the European space centre in Kourou.

This will require building a new launch pad at the Kourou base, worth 344 million euros (444 million dollars), of which the European Space Agency will provide 223 million euros, and the European Investment Bank will provide 121 million euros in the form of a loan.

The first Soyuz rockets are expected to be launched from Kourou in early 2007.

The initial agreement for this was reached after the Russian and European space agencies signed a partnership deal last January, following a French-Russian intergovernmental agreement in late 2003.

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TECH SPACE

Ariane 5 Technology Turns The Lights On

Paris (ESA) Feb 22, 2005
Soon we may be able to fill the bath, turn the lights on and play our favourite CD without moving from our chair or pressing a button. Technology, developed by ESA for European spacecraft, is now being used to create small sensors that can make any flat surface � walls, windows or tables � interactive.

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