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Belarus

Belarus To Launch Its First Satellite

The Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (AFP)

July 26, 2006 -- Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka is expected today in Kazakhstan to attend the launching of his country's first-ever satellite.

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July 26, 2006

The Russian-built Belka satellite will be launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome at 1:43 a.m. on July 27.

It will be carried by a Russian rocket, along with one Russian and one Italian satellite.

The Belka, which costs $9 million, is designed to collect cartographic, geodesic, and meteorological data.

During his visit to Kazakhstan, Lukashenka will hold talks with the top management of the Russian Space Agency.

(Belta, Kazakhstan Today, Interfax-Kazakhstan)

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