Purchasing Sea launch, the UAE would get ready infrastructure, expertise and technology necessary for launches.

the United Arab Emirates (UAE) considering buying the international floating spaceport Sea launch, according to TASS.

Platform "Sea launch" Photo: Sea Launch

"the UAE has signalled their interest in this project. The Russian side with them several meetings were held, but at the present time, the intensity of contacts decreased", - TASS reported a source in the space industry. He also noted that the possible reduction of interest may be associated with the fall in world oil prices.

Own space Agency in UAE appeared just two years ago, so,  purchasing Sea launch, the country would get ready infrastructure, expertise and technology necessary for launches. the

the Company "Sea launch" was founded in 1995 and is the largest international commercial project for the establishment and operation of "floating" of the spaceport. the

Previously from a sea platform was launched Russian-Ukrainian rocket "Zenit-3SL" with the upper stage DM-SL from RSC Energia, however, due to the fact that they were produced in the  Dnepropetrovsk, the project was suspended. the

it is Known that the UAE are planning to send a private spaceship to Mars by 2021. While Emirates has invested more than $ 5 billion in developing their own space programs.

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