Germany's Spy Agency May Get Its Own Satellite by 2022
07:12 11.11.2016(updated 07:13 11.11.2016)
Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND) will get its own satellite, possibly as soon as in 2022, German media report.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The country's budget commission has approved the allocation of the first finances for the project, Suddeutsche Zeitung said on Thursday.
The total cost of the satellite is estimated at over $430 million.
The new satellite project means that the BND could become less reliant on German army and US satellites that currently provide it with data.
© Sputnik
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