Russia launches 20 carrier rockets since start of 2009

MOSCOW. August 24. KAZINFORM. Russia has launched 20 carrier rockets since the beginning of the year, which beats last year's average monthly rate, the government press service said on Monday; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will chair a meeting on the restructuring of the rocket and space industry on August 25. The focus will be on the creation of an effective mechanism for improving the state of the rocket and space industry.

By 2016, an integrated research centre will be created in the industry and a corporation will be established to build automatic spacecraft and ground-based control systems; Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.