"We will have a satellite with the ability to monitor our territory 24 hours a day," he told reporters at the unveiling of the project. "The Venezuelan state will monitor the development and impact of natural phenomena such as earthquakes, floods and heavy rainfall," he added.
The contract was signed by the Venezuelan ministry and the state-owned China Great Wall Industry Corporation. The launch was set for October 2012, four years after the launch of the "Simon Bolivar," the first-ever Venezuelan satellite, named for the Latin American independence hero and also built with Chinese aid.
"As with the first satellite, the second will be made available to other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean," Menendez said….
A NASA image of Venezuela from space -- not from one of the satellites in the article, unfortunately
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