It is said that there are over 3 thousand artificial satellites orbiting the earth, all functions and meet different interests determined by the government or the company goes.
From there, it departed on the Venezuelan government interest in creating a technological platform in reaching the figure of a project called "Satellite Simón Bolívar", a technology never seen before in the history of Venezuela.
Some Venezuelan Satellite data:
• Cost: 240 million dollars
• Type of Satellite: It features geostationary orbit for a fixed and radiating light to a higher area, in a nutshell is a geostationary satellite. Its dimensions are 3.6 meters high, 2.6 meters in its upper side and 2.1 meters at its lower side. These dimensions of the box are complemented by satellite arms or 31 meters of solar panels, each of 15.50 meters in length which provide energy to it.
• Functions: Its primary objective the improvement of telecommunications and education, also have 24 TV channels and 24 radio, this is expected to reduce costs by renting infocentres international. You have heard rumors that have military functions, but the government has denied it.
• Release date: Minister Nuris Orihuela we mentioned "We have a window of time, which until now has been established in the second half of 2008, there bearing two factors: first, that we have no delay in the timetable, ie that there will be no major unexpected, so monitoring is ongoing, not miss this here, that if I miss it there, we maintain active communication with the Chinese engineers, and they travel to our country to report the progress of the satellite, the Monthly reports are very comprehensive and looms a successful project. Second, the issue of placing the satellite in orbit.
