Nicolás Maduro asked Colombian businessman Alex Saab to use his capabilities “so that we can soon be launching Venezuela’s first space minisatellite”
Nicolás Maduro announced that the country will build its first minisatellite and that he hopes it will be launched “soon” into space. He entrusted this project to the Minister of Industry, the Colombian businessman Alex Saab, who was imprisoned in the United States accused of conspiracy to launder money.
“I want you to use your brain and your business skills so that we can soon be launching Venezuela’s first mini space satellite,” the president ordered in an event broadcast by VTV on October 30.
Maduro, who led the closing of the International Space Congress held in Caracas, approved “all efforts” to “go in search of the first Venezuelan minisatellite,” which he considered “a wonderful idea,” although he did not offer further details.
In addition, he asked to “accelerate the activation and launch”, in collaboration with China, of the “new Gran Cacique Guaicaipuro communications satellite”, a task on which, he added, “we must insist and complete promptly.”
According to the Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities, the Simón Bolívar communications satellite It has been in orbit since 2008, in addition to the Miranda and Antonio José de Sucre satellites, as part of the technological cooperation agreements with China.
The International Space Congress had the participation of guests from Brazil, China, Russia and France and aimed to address “advances and challenges” in the matter, in addition to building “a collective strategy that promotes common well-being and peaceful study,” according to the head of Science and Technology, Gabriela Jiménez.
The minister assured that “innovative projects and solutions have been shared” with a view to ensuring that space “is not considered a disputed territory, but rather an area of global governance, open science and shared agendas that promote collective development.”
With information from EFE agency
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