ISS crew Soyuz launch safely aborts to Kazakhstan

I wonder what treaties Russia has with Kazakhstan over things like this, or did they bother asking?

2 Likes

That’s where the launch site is:

1 Like

The cosmodrome is there, grandfathered in from the USSR, but they’d be scrambling a lot of military planes and helicopters.

I guess the only question for Kazakhstan would be to help or keep out of the way.

2 Likes

I have to figure that’s built into the contingency plans. Now, as for whether they (Kazakhstan) would ever expect that…

This topic was automatically closed 30 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.