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Space Complex Bill Sent To Duma
Moscow (SPX) Mar 21, 2005 Russia's State Duma is expected to approve new legislation to streamline the financing of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Interfax news agency said Monday. President Vladimir Putin has sent a bill on the ratification of a Russian-Kazakh agreement on the use of the Baikonur complex to the State Duma, the main chamber of the Russian parliament, for approval, the Kremlin's presidential press service said. The agreement was signed in the Kazakh capital Jan. 9, 2004. The bill will provide the funds for Russia to continue operating the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for national and international space projects, Interfax said. Its purpose is to streamline the financing of the Cosmodrome's technical and launching facilities and guarantee a stable flow of foreign investments, Interfax said. The agreement also calls for the creation of an ecologically safe space rocket complex called Baiterek designed along the lines of Russia's Angara complex, the news agency said. Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express
Atlas 5 Lifts Massive Satellite For Inmarsat
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 11, 2005An Atlas V launch vehicle carried its largest payload to date into orbit tonight, the Inmarsat 4-F1 satellite that weighs nearly 6 metric tons (5,959 kgs/13,138 pounds). This also marked the third launch of the year for International Launch Services (ILS). |
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