Brazilian, Ukrainian Presidents Discuss Rocket Launch

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It follows a placed news in english (08/06) in the chinese “news.xinhuanet.com” website emphasising that the brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff and the ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovich, discuss rocket Launch.

Duda Falcão

Sci & Tech

Brazilian, Ukrainian Presidents

Discuss Rocket Launch

English.news.cn

2011-01-11 10:40:12

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian and Ukrainian presidents discussed cooperation on a Ukraine-made rocket to be launched by Brazil during a phone conversation on Monday.

The Cyclone 4 rocket is expected to be fired up from the Alcantara Launch Center in the northeastern Brazilian state of Maranhao, the official Agencia Brasil news agency reported. Alcantara is the world's closest launch center to the equator, which is suitable for launching geosynchronous satellites.

During the conversation, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and her Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovich also talked about preparations for this year's celebrations to mark the 120th anniversary of the emigration of Ukrainians to Brazil, the report said.

Yanukovich congratulated Rousseff on her recent inauguration, while confirming his intention to visit Brazil in May and inviting Rousseff to visit his country as well.

Rousseff is expected to make a trip to Europe this year, but besides Bulgaria, her father's home country, her other destinations are still unknown.

Source: Website http://news.xinhuanet.com/

Comment: A good suggestion for president Dilma Rousseff would be that during her travel to Europe the brazilian president visits Russia in the company of the Minister of the Defense, Nelson Jobim, the new Minister of the Science and Technology, Aloizio Mercadante and the new president of the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), Marco Antônio Raupp, to talk with the Russian new courses for the space agreement between the two countries. This is the agreement that needs to be revitalized, since in our opinion this agreement was left during the government of president LULA to favor the agreement with the ukrainians.