Why there’s a rush of African satellite launches

They had blasted off from Earth just an hour earlier, on 16 August. The 116 satellites onboard the launch vehicle were mostly designed and built by Western nations and businesses – but one of them was different.It was the first such spacecraft ever developed by the African country of Senegal.A small CubeSat called GaindeSAT-1A, it will provide earth observation and telecommunications services.

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