A Chinese Long March-3B carrier rocket blasts off with Bolivia’s first telecommunications satellite on December 21, 2013 from the Xichang satellite launch centre in China’s southwestern Sichuan province. The satellite, which is expected to be operational in March 2014, has cost USD300 million (220 million euros) and has been 85 percent financed by a loan from the Chinese Development Bank. STR/AFP/Getty Images) | STR via Getty Images