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Nigeria Cancels $700M Satellite Project
Lagos (AFP) July 16, 2000 - President Olusegun Obasanjo has cancelled a 700-million-dollar space satellite project on the grounds that the cost is grossly inflated, the newspaper The Guardian reported Sunday. The project was recently approved by the cabinet, but after due consideration of the cost the president ordered that it be halted, the paper said. Apart from the issue of cost, the president was said to have argued that the project was not a priority "now that basic issues affecting the ordinary citizens have not been provided." The paper said the decision has already been communicated to the minister concerned. Before the cancellation, Nigeria had planned to launch two satellites into orbit within the first half of this decade. The project, to be handled by UK satelitte systems maker Surrey Satellite Company, was expected to be jointly financed by the Nigerian government and the private sector. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Space
Satellite Launch To Boost DTH In India
Calcutta, India (SPX) Dec 28, 2005The successful launch Thursday of India's heaviest satellite from spaceport of Kourou in French Guyana may have boosted the country's space research efforts to yet another level, but it has also lifted the spirits of at least three Direct-To-Home televisions broadcasters, one of which has been waiting for years to launch its services in India. |
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