Nigeria's first satellite will be launched from Siberia on September 26th. According to Nigeria's Daily Trust: "... the satellite was built by 15 Nigerian engineers with the technical input of the University of Surrey (Surrey Satellite Technology). The satellite cost $13 million and will be used for disaster monitoring...." <http://economist.com/World/africa/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2055248> --Ashok ------ Ashok Hariharan listman(at)hazard0us.org http://www.unganisha.org ------