The parties are starting to reconstruct the launch and technical complexes of the Zenit rocket for their modernization within the framework of the Baiterek project, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said
MOSCOW, September 16. /TASS/. The Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (part of Roscosmos) and Basis construction LLP (Kazakhstan) signed an agreement to create a complex for launching the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle at Baikonur. This was announced by the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
"The contract for the creation of a rocket and space complex at Baikonur to ensure the launches of the latest Soyuz-5 launch vehicle was signed between the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure and Basis construction LLP (Republic of Kazakhstan), "Rogozin wrote in the Telegram channel.
According to the head of Roscosmos, the parties are starting to reconstruct the launch and technical complexes of the Zenit rocket for their modernization within the framework of the Baiterek project.
The day before, Rogozin, during a visit to the Automation NGO in Yekaterinburg, expressed the hope that the corresponding contract will be signed by the end of September.
In 2018, a protocol was signed on amendments to the agreement of the governments of Kazakhstan and Russia on the creation of the Baiterek complex on Baikonur dated December 22, 2004. It defines the obligations of the parties under the project, the withdrawal from the lease and the transfer to the Kazakh side of the objects of the ground-based space infrastructure of the Zenit-M complex for modernization.
Kazakhstan is responsible for the creation of ground infrastructure through the modernization of the Zenit-M KRK. Russia is developing Soyuz-5 and Soyuz-6 launch vehicles, which it plans to launch from there. The first launch is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2023. The launch complex will be called "Nazarbayev Start".
