Russia's space agency and French satellite launch firm Arianespace signed a contract on September 20 to launch 10 Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rockets from the Kourou space center in French Guiana. The contract was signed by Russian Federal Space Agency head Anatoly Perminov and Arianespace Chairman and CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall on the sidelines of an investment forum under way in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi1.

• 1. “Russia, France sign contract to launch 10 rockets from Kourou,” September 20, 2008, at http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080920/116990159.html