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Libya sticks out here. Did they have one before the civil war?
Doesn't seem like it. Most of the countries highlighted here have launched microsatellites that only became more widely available in the past decade or so, so Libya hasn't been in a great position to take part. The list that launched satellites prior to the Libyan civil war is Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, and South Africa. On the one hand that does mean that Libya's fellow North African states were pretty early in the game, but on the other Libya does still have a substantially smaller population than that list so even before the war it had a lot less in terms of resources to throw at it
You could also argue that Libya sort of has one, though, as it's the biggest partner in the pan-African group Rascom and it has launched a satellite
but on the other Libya does still have a substantially smaller population than that list so even before the war it had a lot less in terms of resources to throw at it
Ah, but you're forgetting the oil money.
Rascom is probably the loophole we're looking for.