“Metallic” body created for Belarusian satellite

A Belarusian satellite of the Earth exists not only in theory, but also “in metal”. The announcement was made by the head of the administration of the Federal Space Agency of Russia Yurii Makarov.
It means that the construction of the body and the inside of the satellite has started. The work is being done by Belarusian and Russian enterprises just like it was done with the ill-fated satellite “BelKa”.

The launching of the new satellite that has no name at the moment is planned for 2009. It is already known that it will be orbited together with a Russian satellite.

Interfax