Turkmenistan is to launch a communications satellite into space in November

Almaty. October 1. Silkroadnews - Turkmenistan will launch a communications satellite into space in November of this year, the press service of Kazkosmos citing the head of the National Space Agency under the President of Turkmenistan.
"Turkmenistan and the French company signed a contract for the design, construction and availability of space Turkmenistan artificial satellite weighing 4.5 tons and for 15 years in 2011", - said in a statement.
It is expected the first own satellite to accelerate the development of the country's television systems, communications and the Internet. and can also be employed to deal with the tasks assigned to a number of economic sectors of Turkmenistan.
"The launch communications satellite "TurkmenAlem 520E" is scheduled for November 2014", - the report says.