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January 15, 2013

Moscow still waits Astana's response on Baikonur spaceport use prospects
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 15, 2013
Russia's still has not received an official response from Kazakhstan to its note issued on December 13, 2012 regarding the prospects of using the Baikonur space port, a source with the national space industry told Interfax Saturday. The Russian government sent its note in response to a statement made by the head of the Kazakh Space agency Talgat Musabayev on December 2012. "The Russian note dated December 13, 2012 aroused numerous publications in the Kazakh media but so far there has been no infor ... read more

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