Satellite launch with China planned

The country would launch a communication satellite together with China on August 14 as a part of Independence Day celebrations, the local newspaper Dawn reported on Saturday. The new communication satellite would replace the SAT-1 which is on the verge of expiry, Dawn quoted an official in Beijing as saying. The satellite would go into orbit on August 14 as a mark of friendship between Pakistan and China, an official said after Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s visit to China’s Academy of Space Technology on Friday. More

(Source: Oman Tribune - May 23)