BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

24/07/2006

President of Belarus will be present at Baikonur during "BelKA" satellite launch

ASTANA. Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus, is expected to be present at Baikonur cosmodrome during the launch of the first Belarusian satellite "BelKA," Yerzhan Ashikbayev, official spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, has said at a briefing in Astana, Kazakhstan Today correspondent reports.

Mr. Ashikbayev has reminded that a launch of the first Belarusian satellite "BelKA" intended for the Earth distant sounding is expected on 27 July from Baikonur cosmodrome.

Source:

http://eng.gazeta.kz/art.asp?aid=78275