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By Our Science Reporters <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uganda is set to have its first Satellite launched into Space this  weekend .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PearlAfrica Sat-1 will be launched by US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island in Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uganda\u2019s space program now supervised under the Science Technology and Innovation -began k in 2020 under the Joint Global Multi-Nation BIRDS Satellite project, a cross-border interdisciplinary Satellite project for non-space faring countries initiated by Kyusu Institute of Technology in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The program is aimed at providing hands-on training to selected students in Satellite designing, manufacturing and testing. Three Ugandan students successfully graduated from the program and embarked on the task of developing a Satellite that will be launched into orbit .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three Ugandan engineers, Edgar Mujuni, Derrick Tebusweke and Bonny Omara successfully completed working on a 10-cubic meter Satellite named – PearlAfrica Sat-1 and handed it over to Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency for final testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese students completed the development of the Satellite, and this morning we remotely participated in an event at the Prime Minister\u2019s office where the government of Uganda, represented by the nation\u2019s Ambassador in Japan, handed over this Satellite to the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency to finalize some tests and those tests will be done in in five days and then it will await launch with other satellites by NASA, \u201d said the Dr. Monica Musenero the, Minister of Science and Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The  launch  date  was postponed from  28th September due to bad weather .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Satellite contains a multi-spectral camera which will provide 20-metre resolution images for Uganda. The Satellite will also help in accurate weather forecasting, land use and cover analysis for Uganda, Oil and gas exploration and will also be used to monitor the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The satellite signals will be received by a ground Station at Mpoma in Mukono which will be under the control of  Uganda People Defense Forces (UPDF), Uganda Telecommunication Limited (UTL) and the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Space program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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