Russian environmental officials have ordered the suspension of launches of the Rokot space launch vehicle, a converted SS-19 ballistic missile, from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Archangel region, ITAR-Tass reported today (see GSN, Oct. 10, 2002).

The “Rokot launching pad lacks the required purification system,” said Ivan Popov, of the Chief Natural Resources Department for the region.  The order is set to go into effect June 1.

Officials are close to completing work on a new purification project, which is expected to begin by the end of September, ITAR-Tass reported (Vladimir Anufriyev, ITAR-Tass, April 16).

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