Russia-Ukraine venture plans to convert SS-18s to launch vehicles

A group of Russian and Ukrainian businesses reached an agreement to convert SS-18 ICBMs into launch vehicles for commercial satellite systems, with launches beginning as early as 1998, Russia's ASKOND Joint Stock Co., announced. Yuri Koptev of the Russian Space Agency and Alexy Negoda of Ukraine's...

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