AKIPRESS.COM - Kazakhstan plans to allocate $233 mln to finance the project to build the Baiterek space launch facility at the Baikonur space center, TASS  reported with reference to Kazakh Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry Askar Zhumagaliev.

"In this project, the work is arranged in the following way. Kazakhstan is responsible for the ground-based part, and we will spend approximately $233 mln on the modernization of the Zenit-M space launch facility, that is, the launch pad, while Russia will be in charge of the production of the Soyuz-5 carrier rocket. It is expected that $916 mln will be allocated for this work. It is clear that these funds will be earmarked by Russia," he clarified when asked about the funding for the Baiterek project.

Kazakhstan plans to allocate $233 mln to finance the project to build the Baiterek space launch facility at the Baikonur space center, Kazakh Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry Askar Zhumagaliev told reporters on Wednesday.

"In this project, the work is arranged in the following way. Kazakhstan is responsible for the ground-based part, and we will spend approximately $233 mln on the modernization of the Zenit-M space launch facility, that is, the launch pad, while Russia will be in charge of the production of the Soyuz-5 carrier rocket. It is expected that $916 mln will be allocated for this work. It is clear that these funds will be earmarked by Russia," he clarified when asked about the funding for the Baiterek project.

It stipulates the parties’ responsibilities relating to the project, the termination of the lease and handover of the Zenit-M space ground-based launching infrastructure to Kazakhstan for further upgrading. In this project, Kazakhstan is responsible for creating Baiterek’s ground-based infrastructure by upgrading the existing Zenit-M space launch facility. Russia is developing the Soyuz-5 and the Soyuz-6 carrier rockets to be launched from the Baiterek facility.