Liability at Guiana To Be Shared

摘要

France will no longer be the sole nation legally responsible for launches occurring from Europe's Guiana Space Center, which is on French territory, according to an agreement reached between France, Russia and the European Space Agency (ESA). Under the new regime, France will continue to assume full liability for launches of the heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket. But France and Russia will share, in equal measure, legal liability for launches of Russia's Soyuz rocket from the French Guiana site when they begin in 2008-2009.