The authorities of the Republic of Korea are ready to abandon the use of Russian launch vehicles for launch into orbit
What is known
It is reported by the Yonhap news agency,whose journalists managed to get acquainted with the document of the Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technologies. South Korea will refuse to launch satellites with Anagar and Soyuz rockets because of the sanctions that were imposed on Russia.
Seoul will break contracts with the Russian side andwill look for new partners. These include the American company SpaceX with the Falcon 9 launch vehicle. But in this case, the Parliament will have to allocate additional funding in the amount of $61 million.
Another partner of South Korea can becomeEuropean Space Agency (ESA). But the European agency has also given up on Russian missiles and is itself considering using the Falcon 9.
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