Deputy Speaker, I thought I had answered that question. Let me indicate that a few years ago there was an attempt by the University of Stellenbosch, through a space company, to place a satellite in orbit. The satellite was successfully launched. However, it did not last in orbit and actually, essentially, collapsed.
So we have had several years of reworking the creation, the building of a satellite by South Africa. The company we've used, SunSpace, as well as the facilities at the University of Stellenbosch, have led to where we are today - which is that we've had a successful launch.
We now have a satellite which has been in orbit for five weeks. We have to wait a short period in order for us to retrieve the data, because once the satellite is in orbit, it must remain in orbit. As it orbits, you then begin setting the various instruments in place to work in order to ensure, one, that it remains in orbit; and, two, that it is able to use the cameras set within the satellite and all the various instrumentation that makes it up. So, all of that is manipulated from a remote site here in Stellenbosch.
Once we begin to gather data, given its quality and so on, and the ability to transmit it to other departments and to use it ourselves, we will then have a measure of our success. But the fact that we have a South African- built satellite, launched it successfully, and that it is staying in orbit and is currently looking very promising, is in itself an achievement for this country. [Applause.]