According to the Roskosmos press release, a gathering of representatives of the countries took place on Saturday 8 March at the State Space Rocket Centre CSKB-Progress. The CEO of Roskomosu Dmitriy Bakanow demonstrated to Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces, who declared himself president of the country in 2024, “production opportunities of the company” and told about the achievements Russian cosmonautics. He besides showed Aung Hlaing the process of producing satellites and soyuz-2 carrier rockets. They then "conducted talks on the prospects of co-operation in space".
— We want to be present in all segments of the space services marketplace — from the creation and launch of spacecraft to the provision of high-quality and up-to-date information to customers through them,” Bakanow said. politician Samara Wiaczesław Fedoriszczev noted that the space centre located in this city "is ready to share the experience gathered" and learn "best practices" to introduce fresh technologies in the country "and on the planet stage".
Russia’s “space expansion”
On 4 March, during the visit of the Myanmar delegation to Russia, the CEO of Roskosmos and Minister of discipline and Technology Myanmar Myo Thein Joe they signed an agreement in Moscow to research and usage space for peaceful purposes.
Last week the media besides reported that Russia will build a atomic power plant in Myanmar low-power to supply the country's economy with "cheap and environmentally friendly" energy. “This will be a good incentive for further economical growth, the creation of thousands of fresh jobs and the emergence of highly qualified professional staff,” said president Vladimir Putin after talking to Aung Hlaing.
The second at his gathering with Putin called him “king” and noted that the president was leading Russia "not for 5 or 10 years, but for a adequate period", so he could not be considered simply the leader of the country. He added that Russia visits for the 11th time. “I don’t feel like a guest here, I feel like home. The distance between our countries is large, but We're close to each other. He said.
Previously, Russia agreed to cooperate in space with Zimbabwe, One of the poorest countries in the world. In the fall of 2022, countries signed an agreement to make and launch tiny spacecraft. On November 5 of the same year, Zimbabwe's satellite ZimSat-2 was launched utilizing the Soyuz rocket from the Vostony Cosmodrome. The spacecraft was designed to observe Earth and collect data needed in agriculture, defend the environment and manage natural resources.
At the end of 2024. Zimbabwe asked Russia for assistance in the construction of cosmodrome and carrier rockets," said TASS Painos Gweme, manager General of the Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZINGSA).
