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Angosat spacecraft sended to the Baikonur

On the night of November 14-15 the Angosat spacecraft built by the Corporation under a contract with the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Angola have completed at RSC Energia left the premises of RSC Energia.

The spacecraft in a shipping container was sent to the Sheremetievo airport on a special lowboy trailer.

According to the shipping schedule, the next step will be delivery of the spacecraft to Baikonur launch site on a transportation spacecraft An-124-100 Ruslan.

The launch of the Angosat communications satellite is scheduled for December 7.

Angosat is a spacecraft made by RSC Energia in the interests of the Republic of Angola will provide broadcast coverage in C- and Ku-bands over the territory of the Republic of Angola, as well as over the territory of the entire African continent. The Angosat project calls for constructing a communications satellite with a transponder, launching it into the geostationary orbit and building a round infrastructure for communications and TV broadcasting.

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