Tuesday, December 22, 2020

China Launches Second Ethiopian Satellite

 Space News published on 22 December 2020 an article titled "China Launches First Long March 8 from Wenchang Spaceport" by Andrew Jones.

The Chinese rocket launched on 21 December carried five satellites.  One of them was the ET-SMART-RSS 6U nanosat designed by Ethiopian engineers in collaboration with Beijing Zhixing Space Technology Co. Ltd.  China launched Ethiopia's first nano satellite just one year ago this month.