Venezuela: "Satellite for freedom"

Venezuela launches first satellite with Chinese technology by Staff Writers Caracas (AFP) October 29, 2008, space age Venezuela Wednesday as its first satellite with Chinese technology built and launched from China, blasted into orbit. Named after Simon Bolivar, the hero of South American satellite communications Venesat-1 is a "build socialism" and a symbol of Latin American integration, according to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Chavez, accompanied byFellow left Bolivian President Evo Morales, monitored the launch from the eastern city Luepa and then praised the operation as an example of socialist virtues. "A capitalist economy has launched a satellite to make money. It is an act of freedom and independence," Chavez said. "This satellite is not for us but for the people of Latin America and the Caribbean. It 's a further step towards independence," he said, adding that the project to break the mold of "technologicalIlliteracy. "During his lifetime of 15 years the satellite Simon Bolivar Venezuela's" brother countries, will cover "to streamline telecommunications and develop" social programs such as literacy or telemedicine, "said Minister of Science and Technology Nuri Orihuela. The satellite, construction began in 2002, will cost 241 million U.S. dollars in Venezuela, along with 165 million dollars for two communication headquarters. Simon Bolivar's orbit around the Earth at 36,000 kilometers (22,300Miles). The ...

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