Ecuador launches second nano-satellite
Ecuador launches second nano-satellite
English.news.cn 2013-11-22 06:04:18
QUITO, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador's Civilian Space Agency (EXA) successfully launched the second nano-satellite into space early Thursday, the government-run news agency Andes reported.
The "Krysaor" satellite was launched aboard a Russian-built Dnepr RS-20B rocket that blasted off from the Dombarovsky launch site in Russia's southeastern Orenburg region.
"Krysaor has been put into orbit. The mission is successful," EXA's director Ronnie Nader was quoted as saying.
Experts at the EXA, led by Nader, monitored the launch from a ground control station in Guayaquil in southwestern Ecuador, according to Andes.
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