Sri Lanka successfully launched its first communications satellite

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Sri Lanka on Tuesday successfully launched its first communications satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in western China in partnership with a Chinese State-owned space technology firm China Great Wall Industry Corp., under a privately-owned Sri Lankan venture SupremeSAT. Here is a combo of pictures showing the satellite, its take off and flying in the sky