President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated the team from All Nations University at Koforidua for successfully launching Ghana’s first satellite, GhanaSat-1, into orbit.
The satellite was on Friday 7 July, 2017 released into orbit after its successful launch in June.
“Congratulations to the team from All Nations Uni., Koforidua, for the successful launch of Ghana’s 1st satellite, GhanaSat-1, into orbit,” Nana Akufo-Addo said in a tweet.
Congratulations to the team from All Nations Uni., Koforidua, for the successful launch of Ghana’s 1st satellite, GhanaSat-1, into orbit.
The satellite was released and deployed into orbit at an altitude of 420km at 12:00 GMT.
The process was watched live at JAXA Tsukuba Space Centre in Japan and All Nations University Campus in Koforidua, Eastern Ghana.
The successful launch of the satellite now makes Ghana the first country in sub-Saharan African to launch an academic satellite into space.
The satellite built by students of All Nations University College in Koforidua, Ghana, has low and high resolution cameras on board capable of taking pictures of Ghana and provide data on happenings on Ghana’s coastal areas and the environment.
Technical member of the Ghanasat -1 team, Ernest Teye Matey, told local media that the successful launch of the satellite “will bring numerous benefits to Ghana”.
Source: Ghana/AccraFM.com
