The Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters
Russia Bans U.S. Use of Its Rocket Engines for Military Purposes -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Russia is halting exports of its rocket engines to the U.S. for use in launching military satellites, the country’s first major retaliation to sanctions over Ukraine.
Russia will also close Global Positioning System stations on its territory by Sept. 1 unless the U.S. allows installations for Russia’s competing Glonass system, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin told reporters in Moscow today. The country also won’t comply with a U.S. request to extend work on the International Space Station beyond 2020, he said.
“It would be strange for military payloads to be launched using the intellectual resources of the Russian people to carry out tasks in space that we know nothing about,” Rogozin said. Such sales will stop without U.S. guarantees that rocket engines will be used only with civilian payloads, he said.
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Update #1: U.S. and Russia in rocket stand-off as Ukraine crisis deepens -- Market Intelligence Center
Update #2: Russia Aborts Rocket Engine Sales, GPS Cooperation With U.S. -- NPR
Update #3: Rogozin Calls for Ban on U.S. Military Use of RD-180 -- Space News
My Comment: Here is one person who is going to be happy .... correction .... very happy with this state of affairs .... Russia Bans Sales to U.S. of Rocket Engines Disputed by Musk -- Bloomberg Businessweek
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