Chinese aerospace firm plans space ride with UK partner
By Cecily Liu in London | China Daily | Updated: 2018-02-10 08:28
A United Kingdom satellite company has secured a 25-million-pound ($35 million) contract to lend a high-resolution Earth observation spacecraft to a Chinese partner for seven years.
Beijing-based Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology Co will lease the satellite from Guildford-based Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. The satellite will be launched on the Indian Space Research Organization's Polar rocket in August.
The contract was signed in Beijing last week, in the presence of UK Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox.
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