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6th NewSpace Atlantic Summit – Interview with Osvaldo Porto, Angola Space Office

Most of us don’t think of Angola as a space faring nation. Yet the Angola Space Office PPGEM has been making an example as an emerging space nation developing a local space economy since 2013.

At the 6th New Space Atlantic Summit in Lisbon, Remco Timmermans talked with PPGEM project manager Osvaldo Porto about Angola as a role model for emerging space nations.

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