ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun Touré at the Kourou Spaceport in French Guiana on August 4, just ahead of the launch of the Ariane 5 vehicle that will take the RASCOM-QAF1R and NILESAT 201 communications satellites into orbit

Mr Faraj Elamari, CEO, RascomStar-QAF, Emmanuel Grave, Executive Vice President, Telecommunications with Thales Alenia Space and ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun Touré at the Kourou Spaceport in French Guiana on August 4, just ahead of the launch of the Ariane 5 vehicle that will take the RASCOM-QAF1R and NILESAT 201 communications satellites into orbit