OREANDA-NEWS. September 28, 2011. Under the witness of Wu Bangguo – the NPC Standing Committee Chairman and Mia ninkovic – the Belarus Prime Minister, President Yin Liming and the Belarus Republic unitary production enterprises of precision electronic machinery plant director general Coppola Sergei signed an in-orbit delivery Communication Satellite Contract in the capital of Belarus on behalf of both sides respectively.
 
Under the contract, China will in-orbit deliver a communication satellite as well as the ground application system related to Belarus.

This will be the first communication satellite that Belarus has ever had. The satellite will be mainly used in providing radio broadcast, television, communication, distance education, broadband multimedia services for Belarus and its surrounding areas. This satellite contact signed with Belarus will be a milestone for china space to expand the global market into European region.