In case you missed it, Zimbabwe has a satellite that got launched into space beginning of this month. Zimsat-1 was part of a payload of satellites and supplies destined for the International Space Station (ISS). The satellites were received by the Japanese KIBO module which will be responsible for launching the satellites into orbit.
JAXA, the Japanese Space Agency, announced that they will be launching Zimsat-1 as well as Uganda’s PearlAfricaSat-1 amongst other CubeSats. The launch will begin at 9.25 am Zimbabwean time on Friday 2 December 2022 and you can watch it by clicking here.
The satellites from Kyutech BIRDS-5 project, including first Uganda’s satellite PearlAfricaSat-1, and first Zimbabwe’s satellite ZIMSAT-1, Japanese satellite TAKA; and Kindai University’s first satellite, SpaceTuna1, will be deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo.” Watch this historical moment with us!
JAXA YouTube Channel
The great thing about this satellite is you can download an app and track how it moved as well as the vital data on its power and telemetry. You can download the Android app by clicking here.
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i jus wonder what is the importance of this satellite, what does the country will archive through it
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archive ?
Does this improve our economy or stops th big chiefs from corruption
Like any other tool, the data it gathers and the decisions it will inform can only bring benefits if it’s used the right way.
As for corrupt chefs, it’s not an all powerful spy platform that can tell which Armani suit they are wearing today and intercept texts to their fixers, dealers and small houses. It’s not the tool for that job. It may, however, show protected wetlands being illegally developed, maybe river sand poaching and illegal mining practices, but all that is pointless if there is no political and judicial will to investigate and prosecute.
There are certain things in life that are done the way they are done because they simply have to be done that way. Imagine you ask your imployer to foot your educational bills and when you are done you then become your employer’s boss.
Can the satellite provide live traffic flow in real time
What’s more important, launching a satellite or completing the Gwanda solar project? Am told the so-called sat is the size of a Raspberry Pi, I wonder what it really does except kuti tinzi tinewo something up there..
Kushaya ,kunyatsopererwa chaiko negood news to tell people of Zim