Ghana Launches its First Satellite from International Space Station

1. Ghana launches its first satellite into space

   • Published Date 7 Jul 2017

   

   The development team behind the satellite

   Ghana has successfully launched its first satellite into space.

   GhanaSat-1, which was developed by students at All Nations University in Koforidua, was sent into orbit from the International Space Station.

   Cheers erupted as 400 people, including the engineers, gathered in the southern Ghanaian city to watch live pictures of the launch. The first signal was received shortly afterwards. It is the culmination of a two-year project, costing $500,000 (£400,000).

   It received support from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

   The satellite will be used to monitor Ghana’s coastline for mapping purposes, and to build capacity in space science and technology.

   Richard Damoah, director of the Space Systems Technology Laboratory at the All Nations University, said it marked a new beginning for the country.

   “It has opened the door for us to do a lot of activities from space,” he told the BBC. He said it would “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 accomplish.”

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Letter from Africa: Can satellite make science popular in Ghana?

In our series of letters from African journalists, veteran Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene ponders whether Ghana’s new satellite will change attitudes towards science.

We do not like science very much in this country.

We prefer to ascribe spiritual and miraculous explanations to all things that happen in our lives. Accidents, deaths, ill health, passing and failing exams, finding a partner, wealth, poverty, good fortune – none of them have scientific explanations.

The rest of the world has probably heard that Ghana has successfully launched its first satellite into space. It certainly made headlines on the BBC, but you would have missed it completely if you were depending on the news outlets in our country.   [Read more]

 

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