Tag: Algeria
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Chinese rocket launches with first Algerian communications satellite
A Long March 3B rocket lifted off Sunday with the Alcomsat 1 communications satellite for Algeria. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese-built telecom satellite for Algeria successfully launched Sunday aboard a Long March 3B rocket, heading toward a perch more than 22,000 miles over the equator to provide television broadcasts, broadband Internet, remote education and emergency communications…
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India declares success on PSLV’s most complex mission
The PSLV lifted off at 0342 GMT Monday (11:42 p.m. EDT Sunday). Credit: ISRO Eight satellites blasted off Monday on top of an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, including an instrument to track tropical cyclones, a pathfinder for a U.S.-owned commercial Earth observation fleet, and multiple spacecraft for Algeria. The 14-story launcher lifted off at…