Algerian space agency to deploy second satellite

2009-12-08

Algeria will send its second satellite into orbit in early 2010, APS quoted Algerian Space Agency (ASA) Director Azzedine Oussedik as saying on Monday (December 7th). The ASA also signed agreements at the 3rd African Leadership Conference on Space Science and Technology in Sustainable Development (ALC 2009) in Algiers on Monday. In partnership with the UN, Algeria will host a North Africa regional office to use satellite images for natural disaster prevention and management. Another agreement with South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya calls for four satellites to cover the continent.

Source: Magharebia.
Link: http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/newsbriefs/general/2009/12/08/newsbrief-07.