BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 26
By Nargiz Sadikhova – Trend:
Reconnaissance work has been completed within the framework of Baiterek joint space rocket complex creation, Trend reports citing Kazakh media.
The Baiterek project oversees the construction of the Baiterek complex at the base of a number of already existing Baikonur Cosmodrome sites in Kazakhstan. According to a preliminary agreement, Russia is to be responsible for the rocket construction, whereas Kazakhstan takes the responsibility for the construction of the infrastructure.
The results of the reconnaissance work will be used as a base for the preliminary design of the Baiterek complex, which is to be prepared by May 2021. The staff of JV Baiterek JSC is determined to implement the terms of the contract and to ensure the first launch from the Baiterek spacecraft in 2023.
The first launch from the Baiterek complex at Baikonur Cosmodrome is scheduled for the end of 2023.
"The modernization of the launch complex and the manufacture of the first flight machine are synchronized to the planned launch date in the 4Q2023," the report said.
Earlier this year Kazakhstan and Russia agreed on the main issues regarding the Baiterek joint project.
The agreements were reached during a meeting of Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Askar Mamin and ROSCOSMOS Director General Dmitry Rogozin.
The ROSCOSMOS report said that basic issues of launching the Baiterek joint project were agreed upon during the meeting. The agreements provide for the creation of the Soyuz-5 launch complex at Baikonur.
Kazakhstan’s Baikonur city is the administrative and living center of major Baikonur Cosmodrome. The city and the Cosmodrome together create a Baikonur complex, which Russia is renting from Kazakhstan till 2050.
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