A Chinese Long March SB rocket on Dec. 21 inaugurated the Bolivian space program by successfully placing Bolivia's Tupac Katari (TKSat)-l telecommunications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit, Chinese and Bolivian officials said. Bolivian President Evo Morales traveled to China to witness the launch, from China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, indicating the project's political importance in Bolivia.
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