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Law ratifying Russian-Kazakhstani Agreement on cooperation in peaceful exploration of outer space

June 4, 2014

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Cooperation in Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes.

The Agreement was signed in Astana on May 22, 2008.

It lays the legal and organisational foundations for mutually advantageous cooperation between the two countries on space exploration, remote Earth probes, development of spacecraft, launch vehicles and other equipment related to space activity, construction and development of ground-based space infrastructure, and launches of spacecraft and scientific apparatuses.

The Agreement also provides for planning and implementing joint projects and programmes and reciprocal exchange of scientific and technical information, special knowledge and experimental data, the results of research and development work and materials in various areas of space equipment and technology.

June 4, 2014