{"id":1646,"date":"2017-08-09T14:31:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T14:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gtechbooster.com\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2023-06-21T11:44:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T11:44:14","slug":"ghanas-first-satellite-now-orbiting-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/ghanas-first-satellite-now-orbiting-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana\u2019s first satellite now orbiting earth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The GhanaSat-1, Ghana\u2019s first satellite began its orbit recently, with a little help from some friends. The cubesat, built by a Ghanaian engineering team at All Nations University, was delivered to NASA\u2019s International Space Station in June on a SpaceX rocket that took off from pad 39a at Kennedy Space Center, a NASA spokesperson confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The GhanaSat-1 deployed into orbit from the Center in July, and is now operational, according to project manager Richard Damoah, a Ghanaian professor and assistant research scientist at NASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis particular satellite has two missions,\u201d Damoah told TechCrunch. \u201cIt has cameras on board for detailed monitoring of the coastlines of Ghana. Then there\u2019s an educational piece\u2015we want to use it to integrate satellite technology into high school curriculum,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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GhanaSat-1 will send a signal to a ground station at All Nations University\u2019s Space Systems and Technology Laboratory. That\u2019s where it was developed by a team of engineers that included Benjamin Bonsu, Ernest Teye Matey, and Joseph Quansah. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Ghana\u2019s president Nana Akufo-Addo applauded the launch and congratulated the team directly, the project did not receive official Ghanaian government support, according to Damoah. Instead, Japan\u2019s national space agency, JAXA, provided the bulk of the resources and training to develop the satellite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n