4 Mar 2014 13:29

Roscosmos, Arianespace initial agreement on additional Soyuz-ST delivery

MOSCOW. March 4 (Interfax-AVN) - The Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Europe's Arianespace have agreed on the additional delivery of seven Soyuz-ST launch vehicles to the Kourou Space Center in French Guiana, South America, Samara Space Rocket Center CSKB-Progress General Director Alexander Kirilin told Interfax-AVN.

"Arianespace hosted a conference on February 20-21, at which an agreement between the Russian and French sides was drawn up and initialed to deliver another seven Soyuz-ST vehicles for launches from the Kourou Space Center. The supplementary agreement is due to be signed in late April 2014," he said.