Question about the possible project, a joint Kazakh-Russian rocket-space complex "Baiterek" began to discuss at Baikonur on Tuesday, said Last news official representative of Roscosmos Igor Burenkov.

according to him, organized a working group from the Russian space Agency and the space.

"in truth, the negotiation process on the "Baiterek" intensified. But to talk about how everything will be built from a position of financial and organizational, as long as it is premature. Today these issues are also discussed, But about some specific arrangements we will inform you later", he said.

Space rocket complex "Baiterek" - launched in 2004, the project of Kazakhstan and Russia to build at Baikonur patterns for launches environmentally-friendly launch vehicles. It is planned that in case of its realization will be possible to abandon the carrier rocket "proton" using toxic components of fuel.

from the outset it was expected the new Angara rocket. But later, due to increased costs, delay the project for several years and the decision on the launch vehicle "Angara" from the cosmodrome " East ", the project was refocused on the use of the rocket "Zenit" Ukrainian production. But due to the unstable political situation in Ukraine in the summer of 2014 the project was suspended again. Now go search variants of its implementation on the basis of Russian carrier rockets, the most appropriate option once again become a " Hangar ".

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