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France and Russia to sign agreement on space rocket center

Paris, France - The deal will allow Russia to use the Kourou space center, in the French Guyana

Today France Prime Minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, and Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Boris Alyoshin, will sign a deal which will allow Russia to launch the Soyuz rockets from the European space center in Kourou, French Guyana. Russian companies could earn about EUR 1bn over the next five to six years thanks to this agreement. Last month, Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Kasyanov, declared that the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 54723
Rome, Italy, 11/07/2003 13:59
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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