Re:Botswana Successfully Launches First Satellite, Botsat-1
by notahacker on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @07:15PM
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You'd be surprised how little a 3U Endurosat bus and a rideshare costs...
Not sure exactly how essential indigenous Earth Observation capabilities are for Botswana, but Botswanan engineers who worked on it and their university would actually be pretty well placed for future collaboration with low cost satellite component manufacturers in South Africa...
Not sure exactly how essential indigenous Earth Observation capabilities are for Botswana, but Botswanan engineers who worked on it and their university would actually be pretty well placed for future collaboration with low cost satellite component manufacturers in South Africa...