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Vietnam's first satellite, slated for being launched in French Guyana in South America,is scheduled to go into orbit on April 10,a week later than planned.
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The telecommunications satellite which is named Vinasat
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built by US firm Lockheed Martinfor over 200 million US dollars for almost two years,has 20 transceivers
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capable of serving 200 digital television channels or tens of thousands of phone channels or highspeed Internet connection.
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It will serve Southeast and Northeast Asia for 15-22 years.The launch of Vietnam's first satellite is also of great significance to national securitybecause it will improve the stability and security of the country's information network,said the Vinasat project director Hoang Minh Thong.
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With its own satellite, Vietnamwill not have to spend some 15 million dollars annually renting foreign satellites
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hesaid,noting that in the age of emerging Internet-based telecommunications, satellites donot provide as much economic benefits as previously.
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The project's investor is the stateowned Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group.
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