JIUQUAN - China sent into space a remote sensing satellite, the "VRSS-1", for Venezuela from northwestern China's Gobi dessert at noon Saturday, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center said in a statement.
The delivery marks China's first in-orbit delivery of a remote sensing satellite to an international customer, it says.
In 2008 China launched Venezuela's first satellite - the Venesat-1, or "Simon Bolivar" - to carry communications facilities.
Venesat-1, which was a jointly built telecommunication satellite, made Venezuela the fourth Latin American country to own a satellite after Mexico, Brazil and Argentina.
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China sends into space a remote sensing satellite, the "VRSS-1," for Venezuela from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China on Sept 29, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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