BishkekKyrgyzstan says it orbited its first satellite.
Russian state news agency TASS quoted the Kyrgyz presidency on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from California.
It flew in a group launched on one rocket and will monitor farmland, glaciers, forests and illegal mining, the presidency said.
The presidency did not say who built it, what it cost or which orbit it occupies.
How each outlet framed it
- TASS leans favorable
- emphasizes satellite's agricultural/environmental monitoring and disaster prediction capabilities, notes Bishkek command center
Sources: TASS