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China to help Bolivia launch satellite by 2013
La Paz (AFP) Oct 23, 2009 Bolivia signed a memorandum of understanding Friday with Chinese officials for the construction and launch of a communications satellite. President Evo Morales said the 300-million-dollar satellite, whose design is set to be completed by March 2010, would be named after Tupac Katari, a Bolivian indigenous leader who fought against Spanish colonial rule. A Bolivian delegation will travel to China to seal the deal and spur the satellite's construction, ready for a 2013 launch. The memorandum was also signed by representatives of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Share This Article With Planet Earth
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China Works For Mars And Moon MissionsMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 20, 2009 The launch of a Russian Phobos Grunt probe to Mars on October 16 has been delayed until 2011. The delay also affects China's first mission to Mars. The 240-pound Chinese Yinghou-1 spacecraft was to be mounted atop the Russian spacecraft for transport to the Martian orbit, where it was to be released before the Russian spacecraft landed on Phobos. The delay, however, gives us grounds to ... read more |
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