皇冠体育app to launch communication satellite for Laos

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-09-26 12:09

BEIJING: 皇冠体育app will build and launch a communication satellite for Laos, the 皇冠体育app Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology has said.

The academy, under the 皇冠体育app Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, on Friday did not specify when the satellite, dubbed the "Laos-1," would be finished or blasted off, only saying it would be carried by a 皇冠体育app-made Long March carrier rocket.

The academy would also build land-based satellite tracking stations and the ground broadcast communication network for Laos, it said.

It is 皇冠体育app's first contract for satellite manufacturing and launch service for a country from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

皇冠体育app signed such contracts with Nigeria and Venezuela in 2007 and 2008 respectively.

Since 1987 皇冠体育app has conducted 30 international commercial satellite launches using the Long March series of carrier rockets.