Kazakhstan has lifted the ban on the launches of Dnepr rockets from Baikonur space center, head of the aerospace committee of the Kazakh Ministry of Education and Science Murat Nurgazhin told Interfax on Monday. \"The Kazakh governmental commission signed all the necessary documents related to the accident and test launches of Dnepr from Baikonur are permitted as of the beginning of 2007,\" he said. Kazakhstan banned Dnepr takeoffs from Baikonur following a failed launch at the end of July last year. A Dnepr launch vehicle was supposed to place 18 satellites in space, including the first Belarussian satellite BelKA. All satellites perished in the accident. Russia is to pay Kazakhstan 142 million tenge in damages for the accident. The Ukrainian-Russian-Kazakh joint venture Kosmotras is implementing the Dnepr program. It converts the decommissioned RS-20 (SS-18 Satan) ICBMs into Dnepr space rockets and launches small satellites with them. (Interfax-Kazakhstan)