Belintersat-1 is a deployed geostationary telecommunications satellite, manufactured by the
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and
Thales Alenia Space
Thales Alenia Space () is a joint venture between the French technology corporation Thales Group (67%) and Italian defense conglomerate Leonardo (company), Leonardo (33%). The company is headquartered in Cannes, France.
It provides space-based ...
for the
Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...
ian government's company
Belintersat.
It provides a wide range of telecommunicational services, including satellite TV and radio broadcasting and broadband internet access. It lifted off on a Chinese
Long March CZ-3B/E rocket from
Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC) on January 15, 2016, 16:57
GMT.
See also
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2016 in spaceflight
Several new rockets and spaceports began operations in 2016.
Overview
Russia inaugurated the far-Eastern Vostochny Cosmodrome on 28 April 2016 with a traditional Soyuz-2.1a flight, before expanding it for the Angara (rocket family), Angar ...
References
External links
BELINTELSAT 1 Real time tracking
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Spacecraft launched in 2016
2016 in Belarus
Satellite television
Communications satellites of Belarus
Spacecraft launched by Long March rockets