Satellite for nigeria
By Xin Dingding | China Daily | Updated: 2011-12-21 08:02
XICHANG, Sichuan - China successfully launched a communications satellite for Nigeria on Tuesday to replace a defunct satellite that was developed by China's space industry but failed in orbit in 2008.
Nigerian Communication Satellite-1R lifted off on top of a Long March 3B launch vehicle from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province at 00:41 am on Tuesday.
It is the fourth communications satellite delivered in orbit by China's space industry for international customers, said China Great Wall Industry Corporation.
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