Kazakhstan has chosen to launch its satellites, the Falcon 9 us

magictr | November 7, 2018 | Science |

The country has chosen this time the Falcon 9 because it costs less, but the amount was not communicated at the request of the US side.

Kazastan will launch two scientific and technological satellites with the launch vehicle Falcon 9, created by the American company Space X. The launch will take place on November 20 at the Vandenberg military base in California.
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According to the press secretary of the Ministry of Defense and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan, Aset Nurkenov, said the kommersant. According to him, in the future, this spacecraft that Kazakhstan plans to send to and from the Baikonur cosmodrome. "I think spaceship this configuration, it is possible to launch the" Soyuz "," proton "booster rockets, the launch of which we produced from Baikonur", – he said.
Nurkenov noted that at that time he had chosen the Falcon 9 because it was cheaper. "The sum – a trade secret that we can not reveal, which is asked of us," he added.
In April, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 with the Dragon spacecraft. Dragon is successfully docked to the ISS.

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