China launches communication satellite for Algeria
Share - WeChat


XICHANG - China launched Algeria's first communication satellite, Alcomsat-1, into a preset orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan early Monday.
The satellite was the first cooperative project in aerospace industry between the two countries. It will be used by Algeria for broadcast and television, emergency communication, distance education, e-governance, enterprise communication, broadband access and satellite-based navigation.
The satellite was launched 40 minutes after midnight by a Chinese Long March-3B carrier rocket, making it the 258th flight mission for the Long March rocket family.
- Global influencers explore beer city at Qingdao WCNA
- Heavy rainstorm leaves three dead, four missing in Hebei resort
- Ethnic integration on the grassland
- China renews alerts for rainstorms, high temperature
- Beijing restores power, communications, water-supply to flood-hit villages
- Helicopter sightseeing project takes off over Wuliangsu Lake