China Launches Satellite for Nigeria

Space & Earth science / Space Exploration

In this photo released by China's official Xinhua news agency, the satellite is ready at Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Monday May 14, 2007. China on early Monday morning launched a communications satellite for Nigeria, the first of its kind in Africa and the first time a foreign buyer has purchased a Chinese satellite and its launching service, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Gang)

(AP) -- A Chinese rocket blasted a Nigerian communications satellite into orbit on Monday, marking an expansion of China's commercial launching services for foreign space hardware, state media said.

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