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RUSSIA WILL HELP BRAZIL TO RECONSTRUCT A LAUNCH SITE

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MOSCOW, May 5 (RIA Novosti) Roscosmos experts will provide assistance to Brazil in reconstruction of a launch site at Alcantara space center, says Roscosmos press release obtained by RIA Novosti on Thursday.

According to the document, during the visit of Roscosmos delegation to Brazil, deputy director of the Russian Federal Space Agency Viktor Remishevsky conducted talks with president of the Brazilian Space Agency Sergio Gaudenzi.

The sides discussed the issues of Russian assistance to Brazil in modernization and launch of Brazilian VLS-1 rocket and the launch of a Brazilian communications satellite.

In addition, Russia will help Brazil to train and launch in 2006 a Brazilian cosmonaut to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a crew of a Russian space vehicle.

Russian and Brazilian sides work in the framework of the Memorandum of understanding between Roscosmos and the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology on cooperation in the sphere of space exploration.

The Memorandum was signed on November 23, 2004 by Roscosmos director Anatoly Perminov and Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology Eduardo Campos.

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