![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Arianespace will work with its partners to ensure the well-being of the goods and means currently in Baikonur," company representatives said in a statement on Friday (March 4). Arianespace, which has suspended Soyuz launches for the foreseeable future, said it aims to keep a close eye on this ground-bound hardware. The Soyuz and the 36 OneWeb satellites that it was supposed to launch, meanwhile, are apparently now back in an assembly and testing facility at Baikonur, hauled there by a transporter emblazoned with markings used by Russian troops in Ukraine. It's unclear what the future holds, over both the short and long haul. What does the Ukraine invasion mean for US-Russian partnership in space?Īs such moves indicate, the decades-long space cooperation between Russia and the West has frayed considerably in the eight days since the invasion of Ukraine began. Russian attack sets Ukrainian home-improvement store ablaze (satellite photo) Russia stops rocket engine sales to US as space cooperation frays ![]()
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