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The satellite is expected to improve the country's television and internet coverage.

In addition, it will save Afghanistan money in fees ; Afghanistan currently pays around 100 million dollars a year to provide communication services.

Based on statistics from the MCIT, Afghanistan needs around 1, 700 megabytes for its communications per year.

It will take at least three years to launch the satellite, with the total cost ranging between 200 to 300 million, major international countries have shown interest in sharing the costs with the Afghan government.