Moscow Welcomes End To Launches Restrictions

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Moscow Welcomes End To Launch Restrictions

Soyuz launching Expedition 1 to ISS

Moscow (Interfax)Dec. 12, 2000
Russia has reacted positively to the U.S. administration's decision to lift quota restrictions on commercial launches of American satellites by Russian booster rockets as of January 1, 2001.

A Thursday evening statement made by a Foreign Ministry spokesman says that Russia received the decision with satisfaction. "The step undoubtedly opens up new opportunities for deepening mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation in the peaceful exploration of space, in which a number of joint projects have been carried out. Efforts to build and run the International Space Station are the most striking example of that," the statement says.

"In a broader sense, we regard the decision of the U.S. administration as another manifestation of the positive continuity in Russian-American ties meeting the interests of the two countries and nations," the ministry spokesman's statement says.

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Lockheed Martin Ground Team Acquires GE-6 Signal

Sunnyvale - Oct. 23, 2000
All systems are nominal following the successful launch of the GE-6 telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS) for GE American Communications (GE Americom). Lift-off occurred at 3 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on Saturday, Oct. 21, from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, aboard a Proton booster provided by International Launch Services (ILS).

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