Kazakhstan not to ban Russian rocket launches from Baikonur
ASTANA. August 27. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan does not plan to ban launches of Russian rockets from its space center in Baikonur after accident with Progress M-12M space freighter, Talgat Musabayev, the head of the Kazakh space agency, Kazcosmos, said.
According to RIA Novosti, Musabayev said it was not right to immediately ban the launches as the rockets were being successfully launched for already more than 40 years.
"This is the first failure out of 136 launches . It is an eco-friendly rocket. The accident has not done any harm to Kazakhstan," Musabayev said.
Musabayev also added he categorically ruled out any possibility that parts of the rocket might have fallen on the territory of Kazakhstan.
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