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Russian Missiles Convert To Satellite Launchers
Moscow (AFP) May 29, 2000 - About 100 Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles will be converted to launch foreign communications satellites, ITAR-TASS news agency said Monday. The first launch will take place at Plessetsk cosmodrome in northwest Russia within 10 months, said a spokesman from the launch centre. The conversion programme was drawn up by Russian manufacturer Khrunichev in cooperation with Germany's Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA). The missiles, which would have been destroyed under the START II treaty ratified earlier this month, will enable the Russians to save about 170 million dollars. It would have cost this amount to dismantle the missiles, ITAR-TASS said. Khrunichev, manufacturers of Russia's most powerful rocket launcher, Proton, and the space station Mir, has already received orders for 20 launches. Copyright 2000 AFP. All rights reserved. The material on this page is provided by AFP and may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. CommunityEmail 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. |
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