First Private Cosmodrome To Be Built In Russia In 2023 - Kosmokurs

First Private Cosmodrome to Be Built in Russia in 2023 - Kosmokurs

The Kosmokurs private company plans to complete the construction of its own space center in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region in 2023, the company's CEO Pavel Pushkin told Sputnik on Wednesday

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 06th March, 2019) The Kosmokurs private company plans to complete the construction of its own space center in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region in 2023, the company's CEO Pavel Pushkin told Sputnik on Wednesday.

The regional government earlier told Sputnik that an agreement on the construction of Russia's first private cosmodrome had been signed between the Nizhny Novgorod region and Kosmokurs.

"I confirm that we signed an agreement with the Nizhny Novgorod region.. In 2025, there will be the first tourist launch, in 2023, the first stage of the space center for the first autonomous flight tests should be ready," Pushkin said.

He said investment in building Russia's first private cosmodrome was estimated at $40 million.