https://spacewatch.global/tag/joint-global-multi-nations-birds-satellite-project/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 11 Nov 2022 07:00:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/joint-global-multi-nations-birds-satellite-project/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2022/11/african-countries-uganda-and-zimbabwe-launch-first-satellites/ Fri, 11 Nov 2022 07:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44743 Uganda and Zimbabwe have launched their respective first satellites, on November 7 2022, onto the International Space Station for subsequent deployment into orbit at a later date. The satellites, PearlAfricaSat-1 and ZimSat-1, were launched at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the Northrop Grumman (NG-18 Cygnus) commercial cargo resupply services to the ISS).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/10/zimbabwe-and-uganda-to-launch-their-first-satellites/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 06:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44117 Zimbabwe and Uganda are preparing to launch their respective first satellites into space on 6 November 2022. The satellites, ZimSat-1, and PearlAfricaSat-1 are launching into space as part of the BIRDS-5 constellation which also includes a 2U CubeSat from Japan]]>