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- ↑ "Lancement, samedi, 20 mars, de " Challenge 1 ", premier satellite 100% tunisien" (in French). L'Economiste Maghrébin. TAP. 19 March 2021.
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- ↑ "Challenge One: Tunisia's first homebuilt satellite". Africanews. 2020-05-13.
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