Egypt to send first communications satellite into orbit on Friday

Egypt will launch its first communications satellite into orbit on Friday to improve its communications and internet services and attract investment. Tiba-1 is due to be launched just after 11pm local time on one of Europe's Arianespace rockets from a space centre in French Guiana, officials said. It is named after Thebes, or Tiba in Arabic, an ancient Egyptian capital whose ruins are in the modern southern city of Luxor. More

(Source: The National - Nov 22)