The joint project of the space rocket complex «Baiterek» of Russia and Kazakhstan is entering an active phase. Now a portfolio of orders for future launches is being formed.
Russian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Alexei Borodavkin said that systematic work is continuing to create the components of the complex.
Our joint venture is actively forming a portfolio of orders for commercial launches.
Last year, design and operational documentation was developed, and in September the first technological equipment was delivered to Baikonur. After that, work began on modernizing the ground-based space infrastructure. Flight tests should take place this year.
In 2018, a protocol was signed on amendments to the agreement between the governments of Kazakhstan and Russia on the creation of the «Baiterek» complex. Kazakhstan is responsible for modernizing the ground infrastructure of the Zenit-M space rocket complex, and Russia is developing the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle.
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