Airfreight operation on behalf of the West-German company Orbital Transport und Raketen AG (OTRAG), to support the construction of a missile launch facility in Zaïre. OTRAG was formed in 1975 to develop and operate a low cost satellite launch vehicle, using an alternative propulsion system for rockets suitable for inexpensive mass-production. As such, the company was the first commercial developer and producer of space launch vehicles. They built a test and launch facility in Shaba, Zaire (near the equator), and the first test launch from the site took place on 17 May 1977. However, a full orbital launch vehicle was never assembled and the project ceased in the early 1980s.

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