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Satellites could shortly take off from a new Russian-Australian space center

Sydney, Australia - Located on the Australian Christmas island

Russia and Australia are likely to create a new airspace base on the Australian island of Christmas, 2600 km north west from Austral continent. The new cosmodrome, which could host the launch of commercial satellites as early as 2004, will thus compete with both Arianespace and its base located in Kourou (French Guyane), and with International Launch Service, the Russian-American joint venture led...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 31151
Rome, Italy, 07/17/2002 17:06
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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