African satellite communication systems and their implications

Abstract Eurospace, founded in 1961, is the Organization of the European Space Industry. Its members are 80 major industrial companies, banks and operators from 13 countries in Western Europe. The Association is the mouthpiece of industry to the European Space Agency (E.S.A.), in particular with regard to future European space programmes. In the course of its other promotional activities it has applied and sustained successful efforts to promote a regional communication satellite system serving the African continent.