<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>OK. I understand this is not a satellite discussion but....FOUR AFRICAN COUNTRIES already have Russian made satellites in the Orbit. South Africa, Egypt, Algeria and Nigeria. All am asking, is buying one of those Russian Satellites economical vis-a-vis a submarine cable??
<br><br><a href="http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2003/october/satellite.htm">http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2003/october/satellite.htm</a><br><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><br><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3141690.stm">
BBC NEWS | World |
Africa | Nigeria enters space age</a></span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br></span>Nigeria</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">'s
</span></b> first <b>satellite</b> - part of
an international disaster-monitoring network - is launched from Russia.<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="a"><br><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3141690.stm">news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3141690.stm
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<h2><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1167467733037&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull">Egypt
to launch first spy satellite | Jerusalem Post</a></span></h2><h2><font style="font-weight: normal;" size="2">In an
  effort to gain a foothold in space and gather intelligence on Israel and other Middle Eastern countries, Egypt
  plans to launch its first spy satellite </font><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><span class="a"><a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/">www.jpost.com/servlet/</a><b>Satellite</b>?cid=1167467733037&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
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  Africa's</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"> First <b>Satellite</b>
  - 'Sunsat' <b>...</b> students from the University of Stellenbosch, SUNSAT-1
  heralds <b>South Africa's</b> entry into the Space Age. <b>...</b><br>
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<h2><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2003/october/satellite.htm">African
satellites in orbit</a></span></h2><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;">NigeriaSat-1
  and UK-DMC preparing for thermal
  vacuum Three satellites for Nigeria,
  Turkey and the UK, have just
  joined the <b>Algerian satellite</b> launched last <b>...</b><br>
  <span class="a"><a href="http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2003/october/">www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2003/october/</a><b>satellite</b>.htm -
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