Joint space exploration program

Published: 14 January 2001 y., Sunday
The fourth meeting of the intergovernmental committee for co-operation between Kazakhstan and Russia related to the Baikonur launching site has been recently held in Karagandy along with an international scientific and practical conference focusing on environmental issues of the Baikonur site, Kazakhstan Aerodynamic Committee Chairman Moldabekov informed. The conference participants were especially interested in the joint space exploration program up to the year 2005. Moldabekov gave special attention to the five-year programme for estimation of environmental after-effects of space exploration activities. He informed that Proton-M upgraded rocket carriers, re-designed to produce less impact on the environment, will be launched from Baikonur in 2001. Moldabekov has also announced that Kazakhstan is carrying out a feasibility study of a project for the building and launching of its own communication satellite jointly with Russia and several foreign states.
Šaltinis: transcaspian.ru
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.

Facebook Comments

New comment


Captcha

Associated articles

ZyXEL teams with France Telecom

ZyXEL's Award-Winning Prestige 100IH Allows French more »

Clinton administration releases crypto export rules

The Clinton administration released long-awaited export rules ondata-scrambling technology, quickly winning support from software industry groups that had criticized earlier proposals. more »

Making East Meet West

Internet Company Brings American Products to Japan more »

Welsh IT firm wins internet awards

The firm_s product has implications for jobs in Wales. more »

Phone carriers get call surges, not Y2K glitches

AT&T processed 1.5 million calls in the first five minutes of 2000 on the East Coast in a traffic surge experienced by most of the major telephone carriers. more »

Meeting the 2000 technology challenge

U.S. "pleasantly surprised" by Y2K bug_s scarcity. more »

search.lt news

search.lt presents newest links more »

Clinton Seeks More Spending for Computer Security

President Clinton proposed boosting government spending on computer security by some $280 million as part of a long-term plan to guard against threats ranging from hackers to terrorists. more »

Finland: Where the Wireless Are

While the world waits for wireless applications, the Finns are rolling them out to the home market. more »

Macworld hardware report

The serious and the wacky. more »