Russia To Assist Brazil With Rebuilding Launch Site

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File photo of a Brazilian VLS-1 rocket launch.

Moscow (SPX) May 06, 2005
Russian launch specialists will assist Brazil in rebuilding a launch site at Alcantara space center RIA Novosti reported last Thursday.

According to a Roscosmos press release the visit of the Roscosmos delegation to Brazil, deputy director of the Russian Federal Space Agency Viktor Remishevsky conducted talks with president of the Brazilian Space Agency Sergio Gaudenzi.

The sides discussed the issues of Russian assistance to Brazil in modernization and launch of Brazilian VLS-1 rocket and the launch of a Brazilian communications satellite.

In addition, Russia will help Brazil to train and launch in 2006 a Brazilian cosmonaut to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a crew of a Russian space vehicle.

Russian and Brazilian sides work in the framework of the Memorandum of understanding between Roscosmos and the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology on cooperation in the sphere of space exploration.

The Memorandum was signed on November 23, 2004 by Roscosmos director Anatoly Perminov and Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology Eduardo Campos.

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Russia To Create New Cosmodrome In Urals Region

Moscow (AFP) May 05, 2005
Russia is to create a new cosmodrome in its southern Urals region, which may also be available for commercial use, General Nikolai Solovtsov, the head of Russia's strategic missiles forces, said on Thursday.

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