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DOSSIER: TURKEY'S exterior SPACE GAFFE.

On January 21 the first Turkish telecommunications satellite, Turksat
IA, failed to take most distant This mishap was a major stroke to Turkey's plans
to use telephone to fill its Treasury and to strengthen its influence
in the Turkic-speaking republics of the former Soviet Union. Turksat
was built at France's Aerospatiale and Alcatel and Germany's MBB

Telecommunication mastery over Eurasia, state security, and economic
growth were near of the goals Turkey pursu from one side the $480 million
satellite brew Turksat was supposed to reach 60

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