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| On December 05, 2005, the Embassy of Ukraine promoted a social dinner to celebrate the agreements between the space agencies of Brazil and Ukraine. |
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| The Ambassador of Ukraine in Brazil, Mr. Yurii Bogaievsky, was the host of the event, which had the presence of around thirty Ukrainian and Brazilian authorities. |
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| Among the Ukrainian Delegation, was present at the event the General Director of the Pivdenmash Manufacturing Facility, Mr. Yurii Alekseiev, showing Ukraine's growing cooperation with the other countries. The representatives of the Ukrainian Space Agency were present in Brazil, from December 04th to 11th. |
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| The partnership among Ukraine and Brazil has been developed year by year, mainly about the spatial support technology issues and the preparing of the Alcântara Launching Center for operations. |
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| Brazil and the Ukraine adopted a series of steps by the end of this year to speed up procedures to prepare the Alcântara Launching Center, in the state of Maranhão, for operations in 2007 involving the Ukranian Cyclone-4 (or Tsiklon-4) missile. |
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| The Cyclone-4 will be an improved version of the Cyclone series. |
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| The launching of the first Cyclone-4 missile in 2007 will be considered a test for the base to receive official confirmation. This procedure satisfies one of the international requirements for the Alcântara base to be used for commercial operations, which means that Brazil will be able to lease the base to other countries for missile launches. |
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| Alcântara Launch Center. |
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In June, the Brazilian Congress approved a US$ 5.2 million budget allotment to begin the infrastructure investments that are specifically necessary in the area that will be used for the Cyclone-4 launch.
This part of the base will house, for example, installations to assemble and transport the launch vehicle and to assemble and integrate satellites, as well as a fuel depot.
The Cyclone-4 will be an improved version of the Cyclone series, which has already been launched successfully more than 200 times.
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| The missile will carry payloads of up to 4,500 kilograms in low orbits and payloads of up to 1,800 kilograms in geostationary orbits (at an altitude of approximately 36 thousand kilometers), where most telecommunications and weather satellites are located. |
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