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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin announced that an agreement has been reached concerning the funding of Soyuz launch facilities in French Guiana. France will bring its guaranty to the loan requested by Arianespace from the BEI (European Bank of Investment). The works for the new launch pad dedicated to the Russian launcher, estimated 340 millions euros, can then begin in Kourou. 121 millions euros of this amount will be paid by the BEI loan. Soyuz is due to be launched by Arianespace for the first time in 2007 and will complement the European heavy-class Ariane 5 and small Vega launchers. All rights reserved. © 2004 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse. Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express 
Into Space From The Icy-Cold Arctic
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 13, 2004European launchers have come to be associated with French Guiana - powerful large rockets that lift-off from the steamy-hot equatorial base at Kourou. But ESA also uses much smaller launchers that rise into space from the snow-covered tundra of northern Sweden. EuroNews has covered the most recent launch of one of these Maxus sounding rockets. |
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