{"id":7502,"date":"2022-12-03T16:34:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T16:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=7502"},"modified":"2022-12-03T16:34:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T16:34:32","slug":"uganda-s-first-satellite-pearl-africa-sat-1-now-deployed-into-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/uganda-s-first-satellite-pearl-africa-sat-1-now-deployed-into-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda &#8216;s first Satellite &#8211; Pearl Africa Sat-1 now  deployed into orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Uganda\u2019s first satellite, PearlAfricasat-1, has been deployed into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation Dr. Monica Musenero, who was quoted by the media  said that Pearl Africa Sat -1 was deployed on Friday at 10:45 am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Monica Musenero said Uganda\u2019s Ground Station, established at Mpoma in Mukono district  is now operational and in communication with the Satellite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PearlAfricaSat-1 was developed by 3 Ugandan Engineers: Bonny Omara, Derrick Tebusweke, and Edgar Mujuni, who received specialized training at Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech), Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe thank His Excellency the President, the Government of Japan, Kyutech, and NASA for the enormous support towards this monumental milestone,\u201d Dr. Monica Musenero said  in a statement released on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"330\" data-attachment-id=\"7504\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/uganda-s-first-satellite-pearl-africa-sat-1-now-deployed-into-orbit\/satellite-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/satellite-2.webp\" data-orig-size=\"660,330\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"satellite-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/satellite-2.webp\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/satellite-2.webp\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/satellite-2.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/satellite-2.webp 660w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/satellite-2.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PearlAfricaSat-1 is designed to provide research and observation data that will provide solutions in weather forecast, land, water bodies, mineral mapping and agriculture monitoring. Others are disaster prevention, infrastructure planning and boarder security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PearlAfrica Sat-1 was 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<p>Uganda\u2019s space program now supervised under the Science Technology and Innovation -began 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<p>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<p>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<p><strong>msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uganda\u2019s first satellite, PearlAfricasat-1, has been deployed into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS). The Minister for Science, Technology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/images-6.jpeg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11069,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ugandas-only-experimental-satellite-de-orbited-after-13-months-of-its-lifespan\/","url_meta":{"origin":7502,"position":0},"title":"Uganda\u2019s Only Experimental Satellite De-orbited After  13 Months Of  Its Lifespan","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"December 29, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovations, Dr Monica Musenero, has announced that Uganda's only satellite which excited Ugandans -the PearlAfricaSat-1, has de-orbited (been removed from space ) after reaching 13-month lifespan. 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