CGWIC Signs LaoSat-1 Communications Satellite Contract
On February 25, 2010, China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC), China Asia-Pacific Mobile Communications Satellite Company Limited (APMT) and Laos National Authority for Science and Technology (NAST) under Prime Minister’s Office PDR, jointly signed the Contract for Lao Satellite Broadcasting and Telecommunication System Construction (LAOSAT-1). This is the fifth satellite contract signed by CGWIC on an in-orbit-delivery basis with international customer.
This satellite will be manufactured on the basis of the Dongfanghong series of platforms designed and developed by China Academy of Space Technology (CAST). It will be launched by an LM-3B launch vehicle provided by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre (XSLC). China Satellite Launch & Tracking Control General (CLTC) will undertake the launch and TT&C operation.
China to Build Laos' First Satellite |
China to Build Laos' First Satellite
By Songrit Pongern
Bangkok, Thailand
Laos-China's Joint Satellite MOU Signing Cermony
China and Laos signed MoU on satellite cooperation in September of 2009
The government of Laos and a Chinese business group are set to sign an agreement to invest in a satellite business joint venture in Laos, aiming to launch a satellite into orbit in the next 40 months.
The agreement, expected to be signed in the first quarter of 2010, is the result of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in a satellite broadcasting and telecommunication system construction and business operation project in Laos, signed in late 2009 between the Lao National Authority for Science and Technology and the China Asia-Pacific Mobile Communications Company Limited(China-APMT). The project is expected to cost about $250 millions for the construction of the satellite, which will be done by China-APMT and funded by loans from the Chinese government. Both parties have set a goal of putting the satellite into orbit 40 months after the signing of the agreement, in another word - by the third quarter of 2013.
As part of the agreement, a ground control station will be built in Vientiane,
Laos-China's Joint Satellite
A Chinese satellite
while tracking and transmission stations will be constructed in some northern, central, and southern provinces to make sure that satellite signals reach every part of the country as well as linking it with the rest of the world.
Laos' first ever satellite, which will be launched into orbit by the Chinese company with a commission period of 15 years, will not only enable it to transmit its broadcasting signals throughout the country but also link its information and telecommunication system with the rest of the world at high speed, especially with its partners in the ASEAN grouping, which has set a goal of developing itself into a truly integrated international community by 2015.
Laos currently has 35 radio stations and 2 TV stations, with its radio signals covering only 80%, and TV signals 60%, of the country.
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nice cooperation between china and laos in aerospace industry