China to launch Venezuela's first satellite
VENEZUELA: China is to launch Venezuela's first satellite in
November which will serve to relay telecommunications data and
television signals over Latin America, President Hugo Chavez said.
The orbiter, named "Simon Bolivar" after a 19th century Venezuelan
independence hero, was built under contract by a Chinese firm and will
be sent into space on November 1, Chavez said in his weekly radio
program on Sunday.
AFP |