MPPCTI has always devoted to the development of Venezuelan aerospace industry and technology, and it is the direct user of VRSS-1. Subordinated to MPPCTI, the Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities (ABAE), the Venezuela space agency, takes charge of in-orbit operation, management and application of the VRSS-1 satellite.
Before making this cooperation, the China Great Wall Industry Group Co., Ltd. had October 30, 2008, LM-3B launch vehicle in Venezuela on the 1st communication satellite was successfully launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Venezuela Local Time December 1, 2008, the Great Wall of China officially to the Venezuelan Ministry of Science and in-orbit delivery Venezuela communications satellite satellite (Venesat-1), two ground control stations in Venezuela of Alabama inside and Lu Aiba's in Bama Li teleport station. |