Russia to build new space plant
19:16, 22 August 2012
MOSCOW. August 22. KAZINFORM A space satellite manufacturing plant will be built in the town of Shchyolkovo, just outside the Russian capital, Moscow Region Governor Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday.
"It will be a new production facility," he said, adding that a research hub will also be created there.
The plant will build about 600 communication and observation satellites a year, Shoigu said, RIA Novosti reports.
It will provide about 1,000 jobs and will be "environmentally clean," the governor added.
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