(VOV News) May 12, 2010
The Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and the US aeronautical manufacturer - Lockheed Martin Corporation, signed a contract in Hanoi on May 11 to build and launch Vietnam’s second telecom satellite, Vinasat-2. Accordingly, Lockheed Martin will build the satellite and launch it into orbit within 24 months from the date of the contract. With the launch of the US$250 million Vinasat-1in April 2008, Vietnam became the 93rd country in the world and the sixth within the region to have its own satellite in orbit, according to VNPT. So far Vinasat-1 has leased out 80 percent of its capacity and is expected to operate at full capacity by 2011.
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