Space Complex Bill Sent To Duma

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Moscow (SPX) Mar 21, 2005
Russia's State Duma is expected to approve new legislation to streamline the financing of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Interfax news agency said Monday.

President Vladimir Putin has sent a bill on the ratification of a Russian-Kazakh agreement on the use of the Baikonur complex to the State Duma, the main chamber of the Russian parliament, for approval, the Kremlin's presidential press service said.

The agreement was signed in the Kazakh capital Jan. 9, 2004.

The bill will provide the funds for Russia to continue operating the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for national and international space projects, Interfax said.

Its purpose is to streamline the financing of the Cosmodrome's technical and launching facilities and guarantee a stable flow of foreign investments, Interfax said.

The agreement also calls for the creation of an ecologically safe space rocket complex called Baiterek designed along the lines of Russia's Angara complex, the news agency said.

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US Air Force Lifts Ban On Boeing In Satellite Launches

Washington (AFP) Mar 04, 2005
The US air force lifted a ban on business with three Boeing units Friday, clearing the way for them to compete for satellite launches worth billions of dollars, the acting air force secretary announced.

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