Kazakhstan and Hungary discussed space cooperation

The Hungarian cosmonaut spoke in detail about the growing cooperation between Hungary and Kazakhstan. In particular, he noted the unveiling of the monument to the great Kazakh poet Abai in Astana Street in Budapest and the translation of the book "The Kazakhstan's way" by the First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev at the Hungarian language is the embodiment of friendship between the two fraternal countries was the, the authority said.

T.Musabaev noted this year Kazakhstan launched just three spacecrafts for the first time, and also talked about such projects as the creation of Assembly, Integration and Testing Complex of Spacecrafts (AITCSC), the ground segment of space remote sensing system and the construction of National Space Centre.

The Hungarian cosmonaut, noting interest in the AITCSC project expressed the interest of the Hungarian side to work in cooperation with Kazakh colleagues within the research projects and the creation of nano-satellites.