31.   Now Russia has to rent the launch pad, and relies on it heavily for commercial launches and flights to the Mir.

32.   Russia has been trying to compete for commercial launch contracts to get much-needed hard currency to inject into its crumbling space industry.

33.   Russia has been actively trying to get into the market for commercial launches to get much-needed hard currency in an effort to save its crumbling space industry.

34.   Russia still relies on Baikonur heavily for commercial launches and flights to the Mir.

35.   The Ariane has proven a strong competitor to U.S. and Russian commercial launches, with a backlog of more than three-dozen missions.

36.   The Ariane has proven a strong competitor to U.S. and Russian commercial launches and has a backlog of more than three dozen missions.

37.   The company hopes to test its network and services before the full commercial launch, Supachai said at a news conference Thursday.

38.   The Courier-Mail reported that IRC had contracted two Russian firms to design commercial launch facilities for Soyuz rockets at the planned Asia-Pacific Space Center.

39.   The market for commercial launches has shrunk this year, and its prospects remain dim, Koptev said.

40.   The same rocket, equipped with the third stage, is to be used in the Sea Launch international program which would carry out commercial launches from sea platforms.