Chinese, Lao leaders mark successful launch of communication satellite

Chinese, Lao leaders mark successful launch of communication satellite Beijing (XNA) Nov 24, 2015 - Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Lao counterpart, Choummaly Sayasone, sent each other congratulatory messages on Saturday to mark the successful launch of a Lao communication satellite with a Chinese carrier rocket. The satellite, Lao Sat-1, was launched on Saturday at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. Hailing the Lao Sat-1 project as "a signifi ... more

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