Uganda has launched today its first and ever satellite, this had to
happen earlier yesterday but due to some reasons it was not possible. After the development by the Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite project the satellite, was handed to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a U.S. government agency to conduct its launch into space after undergoing all required tests. It should be remembered that in 2019, three Ugandan engineers; Bonny Omara, Edgar Mujunu, and Derrick Tebusweke were enrolled at Kyushu Institute of Technology where they underwent training in space technology and after there development it puts Uganda among African, Asian, and South American countries benefiting from the Birds Satellite project initiated by the Institute.
In a media interview earlier, Matia Kasaija, the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, said a ground station at Mpoma in the central Ugandan district of Mukono will receive data from the satelit
the minister for Science, Technology, and Innovation Dr. Monica Musenero says the satellite will help to provide research and observation data in six primary areas including weather forecast; land, water, mineral mapping; agriculture monitoring; infrastructure planning; border security, and disaster prevention among others.
by jonathan Bukenya
