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VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME (Amur region), September 13Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, during a joint visit to the Vostochny Cosmodrome, got acquainted with the progress of the assembly of the new Angara launch vehicle, as well as with the characteristics of the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle, the North Korean leader At the end of the inspection of the workshop, he left a short entry in the book of honored guests of the cosmodrome.
Putin and Kim Jong-un visited the assembly and testing building, where one of the technical rooms has been completely modernized for the assembly of the Angara.
The leaders of the two countries listened to brief explanations about the technical characteristics of the Soyuz-2 launch vehicles and the Angara family.
Kim Jong-un and the military who arrived with him listened attentively; the DPRK leader asked many questions: he was interested in the characteristics of the fuel for the rocket, where its spent stages fall, and the principles of propulsion of the launch vehicle.
The leaders are accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Plenipotentiary Representative to the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev, head of Roscosmos Yuri Borisov and General Director of TsENKI JSC Nikolai Nestechuk.
They promised the head of the DPRK to show the launch pad under construction for the Angara.
At the end of the inspection of the workshop, Kim Jong-un left a short entry in the book of honored guests.