Folashade Adebayo

The Federal University of Technology, Akure, will today launch a CubeSat, with the code name NigeriaEdusat-1, into space from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, United States.

The Nigerian Cubesat, is a component of the Birds 1 satellites, comprising of four other CubeSats belonging to Japan, Ghana, Mongolia and Bangladesh. They will be launched from the SpaceX Falcon9 Rocket.

According to a statement from the Head, Media and Protocol Unit of the university, Mr. Adegbenro Adebanjo, the university hopes to make satellite technology popular “among members of staff and students of the university for the purpose of research, resources and environmental management and sustainable socio-economic development of the nation.’’

The statement read in part, “The Nigerian CubeSat is designed, built and owned by The Federal University of Technology, Akure in collaboration with the National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria, and the Kyushu Institute of Technology Japan. Mr. Ibukun Adebolu of FUTA’s Department of Mechanical Engineering is the representative of Nigeria on the project. It is the first ever university satellite to be launched in Nigeria. The CubeSats will be launched and docked to the International Space Station where the satellites will be deployed into lower orbit during the last week of June 2017.

“The satellite technology development in the long run shall have spillover effects on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education that is an essential tool for a country industrial development.’’

http://punchng.com/futa-satellite-flies-into-space-in-us-today/

Kudos to FUTA, but are we sure futarians were involved? Because that's the very essence of using a university i.e educating the students.

Nice

Futa satellite?...
You must be kidding me.. .... Futa was just fortunate to participate in the making....... . Biko

ArcFresky:
Kusos to FUTA, but are sure futarians wete involved? Because that's the very essence of using a university i.e esucating the students.

haba... Bros this your English hennn.. If i get money eehn.. Na to help you go back to school sure pass..... All you guys quoting me... Why not write that in your exams and tell the marker it was a typo error... What ever you write represent you so be sure before posting ... Yeye dey smell.

Wow

Okay

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ArcFresky:
Kusos to FUTA, but are sure futarians wete involved? Because that's the very essence of using a university i.e esucating the students.

If anything happens to that Satellite just know that you are the cause because this your English ..........

Rawgold29:
haba... Bros this your English hennn.. If i get money eehn.. Na to help you go back to school sure pass

Bro free the guy ooo, autocorrect can damage person sometimes, back to the topic, OP, are you sure that machine was made by the students

Kamamchukwu:
Wow

Go and tell Kanu to create one for the 5% people of Nigeria

I even thought they made it in Futa.. I for wonder

ArcFresky:
Kusos to FUTA, but are sure futarians wete involved? Because that's the very essence of using a university i.e esucating the students.

This is the real missile lunch...

This kind of news I always want to hear. Nice one FUTA.

great

ademega:

This is the real missile lunch...

CarlosTheJackal:
If anything happens to that Satellite just know that you are the cause because this your English ..........

Rawgold29:
haba... Bros this your English hennn.. If i get money eehn.. Na to help you go back to school sure pass

All of you quoting me know that its only a typo, lol... Nigerians... Are you not meant to correct me instead of lambasting....

But the error too much shaa....

RealLordZeus:

Bro free the guy ooo, autocorrect can damage person sometimes, back to the topic, OP, are you sure that machine was made by the students

better person

IhatesIGBOS:
Go and tell Kanu to create one for the 5% people of Nigeria

that It Is Being Launched By Futa Doesnt Mean That It Was Produced By Futa That Thing You See There Is Just A Publicity Stunt To Siphon Fund Go To Aba Or Nnewi And See What Skilled Artisans Are Doing With Their Hands Not Some Overpriced Cubesat Which Will Add Nothing To The Economy Of The Country Instead Of The Rogue Management Of The School To Encourage Their Students To Be Creative They Are Busy Buy And Not Creating A Satellite I Am Very Sure That There Are A Million And One Research Projects That Those Funds Could Have Been Used To Fund But Instead It Was Squandered Hmmm I Pity The Afonja Populace Because They Know Not What They Are Doing SENSELESSAFONJAS#

How much is this costing us?

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Rawgold29:
haba... Bros this your English hennn.. If i get money eehn.. Na to help you go back to school sure pass

21 savage spotted

how about the maintenance?

Nice

Even better.....it should have launched from Akure itself!

HABA! NIGERIANS...APPRECIATE YOU TALENTS FOR ONCE....AM SURENIF IT WAS AN AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY YOU GUYS WOULD BE APPLAUDING...AND THATBIS WHY WE ARE STILL BACKWARD. THIS YOUNG LADS NEEDS ENCOURAGEMENT. FUTA FOLKS....THUMBS UP TO YOU...MORE GREEZE TO YOUR ELBOWS.

Rawgold29:
haba... Bros this your English hennn.. If i get money eehn.. Na to help you go back to school sure pass

Correct him instead. You aren't perfect too.

Kamamchukwu:
that It Is Being Launched By Futa Doesnt Mean That It Was Produced By Futa That Thing You See There Is Just A Publicity Stunt To Siphon Fund Go To Aba Or Nnewi And See What Skilled Artisans Are Doing With Their Hands Not Some Overpriced Cubesat Which Will Add Nothing To The Economy Of The Country Instead Of The Rogue Management Of The School To Encourage Their Students To Be Creative They Are Busy Buy And Not Creating A Satellite I Am Very Sure That There Are A Million And One Research Projects That Those Funds Could Have Been Used To Fund But Instead It Was Squandered Hmmm I Pity The Afonja Populace Because They Know Not What They Are Doing SENSELESSAFONJAS#

Kai....see how tribalisim has broken some people's brains.

Look...so because it was made in a university in the South West....a FEDERAL university...not a South Western University....it must be fake.?

You better emancipate yourself from mental slavery.

Abeg...leave that tribalism thing.

Smh una sure say this thing go fly commot from Naija so?

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