Ukraine is not going to stop supplying launch vehicle Zenit-3SL For international project on commercial launches of foreign satellites with a Sea-going launch site, Sea Launch ( " Sea launch " ) in the Pacific, said the head of the State space Agency of Ukraine Yuriy Alekseev.
" Ukraine has all you need For Sea Launch, delivered supplies and ready to deliver. For Sea Launch - no questions asked, " said Alekseev, reports " news Agency. First Tuesday of the media referring to a source in the space industry reported that unique floating cosmodrome " Sea launch " have an opportunity to preserve for two years. The reason is that the production of launch vehicle " Zenit 3SL " is hosted in the Ukraine. Another source claimed that production of missiles For " Sea launch " can be established in the Russian Federation. We emphasize that in the beginning of summer the head of the Russian rocket-space Corporation " Energy " Vasily Lopota said about the intention to transfer commercial launches project " Sea launch " from California in the Crimea." Sea launch - 1st in the history of commercial international project rocket and space complex ocean placement. The main goal is rendering services on firing spacecrafts from the floating launch platform. The vast number of satellites in the geostationary orbit of the Equatorial area of the Pacific ocean. International cartel " Sea launch " was established in 1995. After the change in the structure in 2010, the headquarters of the organization of Sea Launch AG is located in Bern (Switzerland). The Carrier rocket " Zenit-3SL " consists of two-stage launch vehicle Zenit-2S " and block DM-SL production RKK " Energy ". The media can provide low earth orbit from eleven to fifteen tons of payload, on transition to the geostationary orbit six tons into geostationary orbit - four tons.

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