Ghana’s first satellite, dubbed GhanaSat-1, was released and deployed into orbit at an altitude of 420 km.

This followed the successful launch on June 10 into the International Space Station (ISS) by SpaceX, Flight 11 from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, the United States.

The satellite was built by students of All Nations University.




The development team behind the satellite | Photo via BBC

The process was watched live at All Nations University campus in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital, some 85 km east of the capital.



Project coordinator Dr Richard Damoahsaid it marked a new beginning for the country.



“It has opened the door for us to do a lot of activities from space. It will also help us train the upcoming generation on how to apply satellites in different activities around our region. For instance, [monitoring] illegal mining is one of the things we are looking to.....

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Congrat to them all.

former President obasanjo launched RENTED Nigeria Sat 1 that costs several billions, only for the satellite to disappeared just weeks later without contributing anything to Nigerian's. yet Ghana had it's own built by students and launched by it's government. I pity MY country, but we shall put an end to this high rate of corruption in the land and get to the promised land where our forefathers destined it to be.