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 Franco-Italian aerospace manufacturer. A joint venture between the French technology corporation Thales Group (67%) and Italian defense conglomerate Leonardo (33%), the company is the largest satellite manufactur ...
for the
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
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 in the fol ...
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