Kenya set to launch its first satellite Taifa-1
Kenya is set to launch its first earth observation satellite into space. It's been delayed several times due to bad weather at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The Nation-1, or Taifa-1 in Swahili, aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will be used for data mapping over a number of years, with the information used for agricultural and environmental monitoring.
Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Nyawade is in charge of Engineering Operations and Space Exploration at the Kenya Space Agency. He told 麻豆社 Newsday about the ambitious plans Kenya has for its space programme.
鈥淲e are looking at a lifetime of five years for the satellite. We are confident the instruments will perform as designed. This is the first of many.鈥�
He said this was the first satellite, but that the country plans to launch many others with the hope of increasing the "resolution of the images sent back.鈥�
(Pic: The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket; Credit: EPA)
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