Kazakhstan trade of the Russian rocket, the Falcon 9: what is the reason – Techno 24

Kazakhstan and Russia are closely cooperating in the space sector and KazSaySat and KazistiSat, Kazakhstan is a Russian rocket. Preference is given to American rocket Falcon 9 SpaceX.

It is reported Total.kz.

The launch of Kazakhstan 's satellites is scheduled for November 19.

As stated by the speaker of the Ministry of Defense and Aerospace Industry Aset Nurkenov, the launch will take place on an American military base Vandenberg in California, not at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

He also pointed out that this decision was made "solely by the financial considerations." Just for the aerospace industry, the Falcon 9 will be cheaper.

It is possible that this is another reason – unreliability of Russian carrier rockets.

What is Falcon 9? This is rocket, belonging to the class of Falcon. And 9 in the title refers to the number of engines in the rocket. Falcon 9 first launched on 4 June 2010, and since that time it underwent two substantial changes.

We will remind, on October, 11th a Soyuz rocket with two board cosmonauts crashed during startup. Both astronauts alive, they made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan. Following the missile launch, scheduled for November 16.

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