Brazil, Russia sign pact on space cooperation

Published: 24 November 2004 y., Wednesday
Brazil and Russia signed an agreement on space cooperation that calls for development of a launch vehicle for Brazil, production of geostationary satellites and other projects. The document signed by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Russian President Vladimir Putin evokes "development of a modernized version" of Brazil's satellite launch rocket known as the VLS-1 as well as development of new models. It also calls for joint work on development of geostationary satellites to be used for communication and navigation and for cooperation on improving the infrastructure at Brazil's Alcantara launch facility. While the memorandum of understanding spelled out no timetable, Lula said it gave Brazil "renewed optimism and determination" to pursue its national plans for launching commercial satellites from the Alcantara site.
Šaltinis: AFP
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.

Facebook Comments

New comment


Captcha

Associated articles

The most popular articles

Japan allocated over 5m Litas for enhancing literacy in Ghowr

September 6, literacy courses for local residents were formally opened in the UN Representation in Chaghcharan, capital of province of Ghowr. more »

Lithuania’s and Italy’s Foreign Ministers agreed to develop political and economic cooperation

Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas and Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Franco Frattini discussed perspectives of developing a bilateral dialogue, intensifying economic cooperation, etc. more »

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister: High voters’ turnout in Ghor Province can serve as an example to other regions of Afghanistan

During the informal meeting of European Union’s foreign ministers on 4-5 September in Stockholm, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas and his counterparts discussed the issues of Afghanistan, relations with Iran... more »

“The Star of Lithuania’s Millennium” was conferred on The Vice-President Of The European Commission

On 3 September in Vilnius, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs V. Ušackas met with Vice-President of the European Commission G. Verheugen, responsible for enterprise and industry, and discussed the most important issues of economy, energy and the implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon. more »

Employment agencies will not require a charge for finding employment abroad

On 22 July, the Government approved of the amendments to the Labour Code proposed by the Ministry of Social Security and Labour. more »

Minister V. Ušackas and Russia's Minister of Transports discussed the problems of Lithuanian carriers

Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs V. Ušackas discussed the problems of Lithuanian carriers while crossing the Russian border with Igor Levitin, Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation and co-chairman of the Lithuanian-Russian intergovernmental commission. more »

Lithuania's Foreign Minister welcomes the decision regarding a joint representative at the expert group for NATO's Strategic Concept

Lithuania‘s Minister of Foreign Affairs welcomed the decision of the new NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen to include a joint representative of the Baltic States into a group of experts which is tasked to prepare a new Strategic Concept of NATO. more »

Lithuania's Foreign Minister: Serbia's EU and NATO membership will strengthen security in the Balkans and Europe

On 3 August, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas met with Serbia’s Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić, who was paying a visit to Lithuania. more »

Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs bids farewell to the outgoing Ambassador of Belgium

On 30 July, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas bade farewell to outgoing Ambassador of Belgium to Lithuania Filip Cumps and thanked him for his input into fostering bilateral relations. more »

Farewell ceremony for Defence Attaché of Canada held in the Ministry of National Defence

On 29 July farewell ceremony with the departing Canadian Defence Attaché for Lithuania Jim Petryk was held in the Ministry of National Defence. more »