NBN satellite launch to bring pupils of the outback closer together

By Eryk Bagshaw
Updated May 12 2015 - 5:14pm, first published May 2 2015 - 3:50pm
Bailey Brooks with her family at the Lilla Creek station 400 kilometres outside of Alice Springs. Photo: Jace Armstrong
Bailey Brooks with her family at the Lilla Creek station 400 kilometres outside of Alice Springs. Photo: Jace Armstrong

Bailey Brooks and Tilly Warby have been going to school together, 900 kilometres apart, since pre-school.