China Launches Nigcomsat 1

A communications satellite developed and orbited for Nigeria by China is moving toward its geosynchronous station over Somalia following launch from the Xichang space center May 14 on a Long March 3B booster. The flight is China's fourth space mission this year and the 96th straight launch success...

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