Guests assembled at the University of Nairobi on 11 May will be able to watch the release of the country’s first satellite into orbit on a live video feed.
The First Kenya University Nano Satellite Precursor Flight will be deployed from the International Space Station at 1pm local time, marking a milestone of two years’ research and engineering by the university’s College of Architecture and Engineering.
The small satellite has been funded to the tune of Ksh100 million (US$1m) by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, and developed with the backing of technical expertise from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
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