University of Nairobi students set to deploy Kenya’s first satellite into space in a few months

Kenya is about to join the short list of African countries who have deployed satellite into space. This development comes about after students at the University of Nairobi in collaboration with their counterparts at the Sapienza University of Rome and Japan to build the 1KUNS-PF satellite. The satellite is a CubeSate (10*10*10 cm cube).

The 1KUNS-PF satellite will be launched into space in a few months from the International Space Station (ISS). The satellite will be used to monitor data on farming trends and provide information on coastal progression. The data obtained from the satellite will go a long way towards soil management and farming in Kenya.

Related:

Ghana has launched its first Satellite in Space | GhanaSat-1

Fact or Fuss? Thanks to its Nano satellite launched last year, Nigeria could become the center for tracking missing planes worldwide – claims Nigerian Engineers

Nigeria’s FUTA successfully launched a Satellite into Space