BEIJING: China is all set to launch Pakistans communication satellite into space at an appropriate time in the coming days, a Chinese news service said on Wednesday.
According to Xinhua news, a spokesman for the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest Chinas Sichuan Province said Wednesday the satellite, the PAKSAT-1R, will be carried by a Long March-3B carrier rocket.
PAKSAT-1R will replace PAKSAT-1 which is likely to complete its useful life this year.Pakistans Ambassador to China, Masood Khan said the launch will broaden the horizons of cooperation between the two countries.Launching of a communication satellite is going to be a symbolic development in Pakistan-China relations, as this will broaden the horizons of our cooperation, he said.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/228317/china-to-launch-pakistan-communication-satellite/
Pak-china relations: Pakistan seeks berth in spacecraft
BEIJING: Pakistans Ambassador to China, Masood Khan asserted that Pakistan aspires that one of its astronauts flies to space in a Chinese spacecraft.
This is possible because Pakistan and China enjoy amiable relations embedded in trust and confidence, Masood Khan said in an interview ahead of the launch of Pakistans communication satellite, Paksat-1R.
The satellite is due to be launched from Xichang in China in the second week of August. Paksat-1R will replace Paksat-1 which is likely to complete its useful life this year.
Launching of a communication satellite is going to be a symbolic development in Pakistan-China relations, as this will broaden the horizons of our cooperation, Khan said.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 8[SUP]th[/SUP], 2011.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/226398/pak-china-relations-pakistan-seeks-berth-in-spacecraft/
http://tribune.com.pk/story/228317/china-to-launch-pakistan-communication-satellite/
Pak-china relations: Pakistan seeks berth in spacecraft
BEIJING: Pakistans Ambassador to China, Masood Khan asserted that Pakistan aspires that one of its astronauts flies to space in a Chinese spacecraft.
This is possible because Pakistan and China enjoy amiable relations embedded in trust and confidence, Masood Khan said in an interview ahead of the launch of Pakistans communication satellite, Paksat-1R.
The satellite is due to be launched from Xichang in China in the second week of August. Paksat-1R will replace Paksat-1 which is likely to complete its useful life this year.
Launching of a communication satellite is going to be a symbolic development in Pakistan-China relations, as this will broaden the horizons of our cooperation, Khan said.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 8[SUP]th[/SUP], 2011.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/226398/pak-china-relations-pakistan-seeks-berth-in-spacecraft/
