 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
China Spurned Russian Offer To Sell MIR
Moscow - February 28, 2000 - The Mir Saga continues with Itar-Tass reporting that Russia offered China the chance to buy the orbital station Mir but Beijing reacted to the offer "sluggishly". Quoting "informed Russian sources" Itar-Tass said the People's Republic of China up to now, has preferred a policy of "reliance on one's own" although in has drawn on the "technical solutions" of Soviet cosmonautics. Meanwhile, in a separate report by Itar-Tass the Russian news agency says the Russian Aviation and Space Agency (Rosaviakosmos) has denied it had held any talks on the sale of the Mir space station to China. "Media reports on the planned sale of the Mir space station to China are absolutely groundless," head of the Rosaviakosmos press service Sergei Gorbunov was quoted by Itar-Tass as saying. "They are in no way related to the visit of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov and Rosaviakosmos top officials to China," the report added. According to the Itar-Tass report "all works at the Mir station are held under the agreement signed by Russia's Energia space corporation and the Gold and Apple Transfer international holding company on February 17. As a result of this agreement the parties set up MirCorp with the controlling stock of shares held by Energia," Itar-Tass reported Gorbunov as saying. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Space
Satellite Launch To Boost DTH In India
Calcutta, India (SPX) Dec 28, 2005The successful launch Thursday of India's heaviest satellite from spaceport of Kourou in French Guyana may have boosted the country's space research efforts to yet another level, but it has also lifted the spirits of at least three Direct-To-Home televisions broadcasters, one of which has been waiting for years to launch its services in India. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2006 - SpaceDaily.AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA PortalReports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additionalcopyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement |
