New Spacecraft ToReplace Unit Damaged After 2007 Launch

African leaders are hoping a new spacecraft will give fresh impetus to a bold plan to set up the continent’s first coast-to-coast indigenous satellite system. Scheduled for liftoff from Kourou, French Guiana, onboard an Ariane 5 ECA booster on Aug. 4, the 3-metric-ton, 6.4-kw. spacecraft, Rascom...

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