Russia Will Test New Launcher At Baikonur
By Frank Morring, Jr., Michael A. Taverna
PRAGUE — Russia will use the leased facilities at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to test the proposed Rus M launch vehicle that is expected to replace the venerable Soyuz rocket, and although the Rus M will eventually be launched from a new facility on Russian soil, Russia has no plans to abandon Baikonur before the lease expires in 2050.
Anatoly Perminov, head of Russian Federal Space Agency ...
