Media: Brazil is out of joint with Ukraine project to create rockets
Brazilian authorities decided to suspend its participation in common with Ukraine on creation of space rocket complex "Cyclone-4" after 12 years of cooperation because of its unprofitability, transfers on Thursday Agency Sputnik citing local media.
the development of the carrier rocket "Cyclone" was held within the framework of the Treaty on long-term cooperation, which was signed between Ukraine and Brazil in 2003. This complex, as expected, was obliged to allow to run from the alc?ntara launch center space of the device on a circular low-earth and medium earth orbits, And the orbit geotransfer, reports RIA " Novosti ". According to the agreement, Ukraine was to provide a Creation of the carrier rocket and the preparation of the necessary industrial base. For its part, Brazil needs to make the overall infrastructure of the starting center on the " Alcantara ". According to the Agency, the conclusion about stop participation in the project May have been adopted by the South American President of the Republic Dilma Rousseff in January of the current year. It was preceded by the conclusion of the group of experts, who considered that the project, in which Brazil has already invested more than 1 billion Brazilian reais (approximately $329 million), will bring losses to the country for at least 20 years. Ukrainian Production Association southern machine-building enterprise named after A. M. Makarov (Yuzhmash ) carries out mass production of rocket and space technology." Yuzhmash "also produces a family of launch vehicles" Cyclone ". 1st launch of the "Cyclone-4" was planned for 2011 with the Brazilian alc?ntara launch center.