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[QUOTE]Originally posted by kenndo: [QB] Africa considers a continent-wide space agency/Africa: AU's space agency Africa considers a continent-wide space agency Alex Abutu Augustine 20 August 2010 | EN [IMG]http://www.scidev.net/scidev_images/Africa_from_space_Flickr_woodlerwonderworks_1.jpg[/IMG] Africa could soon get its version of NASA Flickr/woodlerwonderworks_1 Africa is a step closer to setting up its own space agency, with the approval of a planned feasibility study by the 53 member states of the African Union earlier this month. The African Space Agency, as it would be known, would be intended to help ensure the continent becomes an important player in the global space programme. The agreement was made at the close of the third African Union Conference for Ministers in charge of Communications and Information Technologies meeting in Abuja last week (6 August). Ministers said that the feasibility study would also draft a common space policy for the continent, taking into account various existing space technology initiatives. They added that the continent-wide policy would be developed in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. The news follows the first successful launch of a pan-African satellite by the Regional African Satellite Communications Organization earlier this month. Preparations for the launch began almost twenty years ago, in 1991, but various controversies held it up until 2007, when the satellite was first launched into orbit — only for it to develop technical problems. The ITU will provide advice to Africa on technical issues involved with setting up the agency, its spokesperson, Sarah Parkes, told SciDev.Net. Parkes also said that details of the assistance to be provided by the ITU are yet to be defined but stressed that the union would do everything it can to help launch a space agency that would aid development on the continent. Jonathan Mahlangu, a South Africa-based policy analyst said that the plan by the African Union was long overdue. "Think of the contributions of NASA and ESA to the development of America and Europe," he said. "A well coordinated space agency for Africa will assist in solving most of the challenges before her." According to Mahlangu the critical mass of experts to kick-start the agency already exists. "All African Union needs to do is to put up a call to her citizens in NASA and Europe to come and contribute with their knowledge." But others are more cautious. Peter Martinez, coordinator of South Africa's National Working Group on Space Science and Technology, said the idea was premature. "A number of African countries should first develop their own capabilities and these [countries] could then take the lead in perhaps forming a continental space agency," said Martinez, who also heads the space science and technology division at the South African Astronomical Observatory. http://www.scidev.net/en/news/africa...ce-agency.html ______________________________________________ Africa: AU's space agency [IMG]http://www.africanews.com/documents/7d/d4/7dd4765491c3caef6804398cd095b2d7.article.jpg[/IMG] A South Africa-based policy analyst Jonathan Mahlangu, has said that the plan by the African Union to commence a process that would lead to the establishment of a regional space agency in cooperation with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) aimed at focusing on the development of common space policy for the African continent was long overdue. "Think of the contributions of NASA and ESA to the development of America and Europe," he said. "A well coordinated space agency for Africa will assist in solving most of the challenges before her." According to Mahlangu, the critical mass of experts to kick-start the agency already exists. "All African Union needs to do is to put up a call to her citizens in NASA and Europe to come and contribute with their knowledge." The International Telecommunication Union’s spokesperson, Sarah Parkes, has told SciDev.Net that her outfit would provide advice to Africa on technical issues involved with setting up the agency and that details of the assistance to be provided by ITU are yet to be defined. Development Stressing that the union would do everything it can to help launch a space agency that would aid development on the continent. The project which would be known as the African Space Agency was successfully launched earlier this month. However, preparations for the launch began almost twenty years ago, in 1991, but several controversies held it up until 2007, when the satellite was first launched into orbit - only for it to develop technical problems. Coordinator of South Africa's National Working Group on Space Science and Technology, Peter Martinez, reacting to Mahlangu statement has caution Leaders to develop their own potentials sensing that the idea was premature. "A number of African countries should first develop their own capabilities and these [countries] could then take the lead in perhaps forming a continental space agency," said Martinez, who also heads the space science and technology division at the South African Astronomical Observatory. Earlier in August, Ministers in charge of Communications and Information Technologies in Africa agreed in a statement at the AU conference to work jointly with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa to finalise action on the draft convention on cyber legislation and support its implementation in member-states. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan told newsmen during the opening of the conference that the African continent still needs to do a lot to bridge the gap between knowledge and technology if it must achieve rapid and sustained economic, social and human development on the continent. "Our information and communication technology strategies and policies as well as regulatory frameworks still need to be harmonized to enable us reap the full benefits of this development", he said. Jonathan urged all delegates from African Union member countries at the conference to channel their focus on development and application of broadband and improvement in internet services to accelerate development in areas of national security, e-governance, tele-medicine, public safety and education. The conference resolved to integrate the NEPAD e-Africa Commission governance into the governance structure of CITMC and provide support to member states in implementing the e-Post programme in cooperation with stakeholders. http://www.africanews.com/site/Afric...messages/34237 _____________________________________________ Other space news. Ethiopian constructing Space Science Research Center with over 10m Birr http://www.ertagov.com/erta/erta-new...10m-birr-.html Space science & technology education centre for Ghana http://www.modernghana.com/news/9645...-for-ghan.html Gilat Supplies Schoolnet Project Expansion In Ethiopia http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Gi...iopia_999.html there seem to be alot more places with Space Agencies then i thought,in europe,south africa,north america and asia. africa is trying to catch up now or is catching up. Pan-Arab Space Agency- sudan most likely we be in this one.-still part of africa South African National Space Agency 2011 Bill signed by the President. The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) is South Africa's government body for the promotion and use of space. It also fosters cooperation in space-related activities and research in space science, seeks to advance scientific engineering through human capital, and supports the creation of an environment conducive to the industrial development of space technologies within the framework of national government.. former Egypt Remote Sensing Center 1971 Egypt National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences 1994 Tunisia (National Remote Sensing Center of Tunisia) CNT 1988 National Space Research and Development Agency Nigeria 1998 Bolivian Space Agency in 2012 a space satellite will be launched to orbit Mexican Space Agency Founded in July, 2010. Yet in structuring process. Sri Lanka Aeronautics and Space Agency Immediate goal is to construct and launch two satellites. Sri Lankan Telecommunications Regulatory Commission has signed an agreement with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd to get relevant help and resources. 2010 Vietnam Space Commission Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission Space Research Institute of Saudi Arabia _______________________________________________ kenya get ready too. Dawn of space technology and Africa- spectator or participant? By Bob Bell, 15 October 2007 [IMG]http://atdforum.org/IMG/cache-120x148/arton239-120x148.jpg[/IMG] Africa is slowly joining the space race fifty years after the ’Sputnik I’ was launched in Russia. But Africa’s race to space is not so much an exploration of the solar system as it is a race against poverty, food insecurity, and natural disasters on the continent. On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I, the world’s first artificial satellite marking the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R. space race. Following the launch of the Sputnik II the very next month, the U.S. launched the Explorer I satellite that next year along with the newly created National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The epic space race culminated 12 years later when Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon on July 20, 1969 articulating the famous phrase, "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." With the Soviets never making it to the moon, the U.S. clearly had won the space race. Fifty years after this historical space race, Africa is finally emerging as a participant in the space technology marathon. Nigeria has setup the National Space Research and Development Agency (NSRDA), which has developed a 25-year roadmap for the Nigeria Space Programme. South Africa has pledged millions of rands to build its astronomy and space sector, and in July 2006 its cabinet approved the establishment of the South African Space Agency as an institutional vehicle to look at space science and technology. But Africa’s race to space is not a competitive battle with nations for scientific superiority. It is being used as an essential tool for socio-economic development and improving the quality of life of its peoples. Space technology development can help cushion the devastating effects of natural disasters and other man-made problems through early warnings before they occur. It has been used in the area of agriculture, telecommunication and water resources development as well and the management of disasters among others. In fact, Nigeria Sat-1 was deployed to manage two recent world disasters, the hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami. In 2002, Mark Shuttleworth became the first African astronaut to fly in space. Interestingly, Africa’s first astronaut spent his time onboard conducting AIDS experiments in space. Using a process called SPC (Soluble Protein Crystallisation), his experiments used the unique microgravity or weightlessness of space flight to create crystals of the human immune system proteins and understand how to make them more effective against the virus that claims so many African lives. The Nigeria’s NSRDA is focusing on space technology as much as it is the socioeconomic condition of the taxpayers that fund their projects. The country’s first satellite NigeriaSat-1 was launched into orbit on September 27, 2003. But Nigeria promises that the $13 million USD investment would help the country in its defense and security, crop type, urban growth and development, population, power supplies, pipeline surveillance, minerals mapping and the development of hydro/drainage maps. Additionally, the nation could reap significant foreign exchange from the commercialization of the satellite station. Perhaps Nigeria is following South Africa’s lead in the commercialization of space technology. South Africa’s first locally-designed and manufactured satellite Sunsat was launched in 1999. This project had led to the export of technology and space products to Korea and Germany. South Africa’s first government satellite has recently been developed. Though its deployment is currently postponed indefinitely, it will provide images used across a wide array of applications, from agriculture to land use and infrastructure mapping. Though South Africa and Nigeria are the major players in the space race on the continent, other African countries are exporting their scientists to institutions where space technology is developed. Dr. Assaf Anyamba, a Kenyan and an associate research scientist at the Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center (GEST) at the University of Maryland in the US, was among those who first warned Kenyan officials last fall about the weather conditions that were ripe for an RVF outbreak. The satellite images and this trailblazing Kenyan scientist may claim much of the credit for ensuring that the most recent outbreak of Rift Valley Fever had not been much worse. And 29-year-old Joshua Manyara Mochache from Kenya is one of the few Africans working in the US as an aerospace engineer consulting for the NASA programs. He thinks that the Kenyan Government should establish a space agency. The fact that Kenya lies on the Equator means that it could be one of the most ideal locations for rocket testing. But until Kenya makes it mind whether to join in on the space race, Nigeria and South Africa continue to forge ahead into space. At the end of last year, Nigeria signed a contract with the British firm Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) for the construction of its second earth observation satellite NigeriaSat-2. The space craft is expected to replace NigeriaSat-1 will be launched in 2009. Several months ago, Director General of Nigeria’s NSRDA Professor Robert Borrofice said Nigeria will send it first astronaut to space by the year 2015 and launch an indigenous satellite from the country without foreign assistance by 2018. Whether Nigeria make good on its space targets like America did in its race to the moon almost fifty years ago remains to be seen. But Nigeria and South Africa’s commitment to bring the benefits of space technology and transport "down to earth" will potentially help win the continent’s race against underdevelopment, poverty, and hunger. http://atdforum.org/spip.php?article239 ________________________________________________ kenya- [IMG]http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/image/view/-/607920/highRes/81793/-/maxw/600/-/jfutvt/-/Satellite.jpg[/IMG] Kenya gets right to tap into satellite data Engineers test a satellite news gathering unit. Previously, Kenya had to seek approval from Italy before being granted access to data generated by the satellite facility based in Malindi. /Peterson Githaiga By Allan Odhiambo and Mwaura Kimani (email the author) Posted Monday, June 8 2009 at 00:00 Kenya will now have access to climatic and disease surveillance data from an Italian owned satellite hosted in the country after the countries reviewed a pact signed more than four decades ago. The deal will boost the Kenya’s response to natural disasters like floods and diseases such as Rift Valley Fever that have continued to wreck havoc on the country due to lack of early warnings systems. Previously, Kenya had to seek approval from Italy before being granted access to data generated by the satellite facility based in Malindi, a lengthy process that has been hindering the country’s response to disasters. Early this month the government was granted the rights to tap into the data mine without seeking the nod of the Italian authorities following the two year talks that sought to review the rules of access signed in 1962. “This project is in our land and meant for our own interests so we have been pushing to get a stake in its management which has finally come,” Defence minister Mr Yusuf Haji told the Business Daily in an interview. “Previously, we had to seek approvals from the Italians to access the data collected.” Kenya has not signed access deals with other countries such the US have hosted their satellites, which besides monitoring climatic and disease patterns keep tabs of security situation in the region. Latest satellite The US government launched its latest satellite on Kenya’s soil in November 2008 in Nairobi that is supported by the US. Agency for International Development (USAid) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa). To kick off its use of the Malindi satellite, the Defence ministry has moved to establish a fully fledged national space secretariat (NSS) fashioned along the US’s Nasa in effort to boost local capacity in the use of space science and technology. In a gazette notice on Friday, Mr Haji said the secretariat will help in the creation of a fully fledged Kenya Space agency, training of experts in space technology and help in conducting research with the view of updating the country’s space science policy. The secretariat will also enter into pacts with other space agencies operating in Kenya and other countries for research and data acquisitions. “It will help promote peaceful uses of space science applications including but not limited to satellite earth observations, navigation, telecommunication and disaster management,” the minister said noting that the secretariat would be based at the Defence ministry headquarters. According to the gazette notice, Mr Haji will appoint the chief executive officer of the NSS secretariat whose membership will include Attorney General Amos Wako, Communications Commission of Kenya director-general Mr Charles Njoroge and his counterpart at the Kenya Civil Association Authority Nicholas Bodo, who is currently serving on an acting capacity. Bad track record Others to serve at the secretariat will be the directors in charge of Military Intelligence, National Military Command Centre, Kenya Meteorological Department and department of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing. The rest are the Lead Scientist and the secretary, National Council of Science and Technology. Kenya has had a bad track record of disaster preparedness as witnessed in the recurrent cases of flooding in parts of the country that leave scores of people dead and property lost. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/C...z/-/index.html ______________________________________________ Angola To Launch Angosat Satellite http://www.spacemart.com/reports/Ang...llite_999.html Angola looks to the heavens... http://www.zambian-economist.com/200...o-heavens.html ________________________________________ BUTEMBO21 look what i found. Space Program Of Congo Troposphere 5 Troposphere 5 is a two stage solid-propellant rocket with a thrust of 7 tons, launched on March 29, 2009. It is the third rocket (Troposphere I and III rockets could not take off) of Congolese Space Program, Troposphere. It was initiative of the private enterprise Developpement Tous Azimuts (DTA) with headquarters in Lubumbashi (Katanga Province), created in 2007. Troposphere 5 carrying a rat named Kavira on board was designed to reach an altitude of 36km and a speed of Mach 3. Rocket was launched 150 km away from Kinshasa, DRC. Launch ended in failure - rocket took off but has deviated from its course and was lost in the distance. The cost of this rocket has been estimated at about $50 000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troposphere_5 Space Program Of Congo http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-345309.0.html Congolese Space Program "A Great Success" http://current.com/groups/viral-vide...at-success.htm another video- troposphere-5-fusee-congo http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa4...useecongo_tech _____________________________________________ sudan calls for using outer space Why Space? Over the past 50 years, a remarkable bounty of scientific and technological skills has been spawned by the space program, yielding an ability to better understand the Earth, the universe, as well as ourselves. Advances in space technology have resulted in numbers of "spinoffs" – commercialized products that are made possible. As humankind pushes the boundaries of space exploration ever-deeper, the opportunity to apply aerospace technology to other fields is strengthened. Consider it as a dividend from the national investment in space exploration. sudan calls for using outer space Vice-President of the Republic Prof. Moses Machar has stressed the importance of using space technology for natural resources' management and environmental monitoring. Addressing an inauguration of a workshop on the Use of Space Technology for the Natural Resources Management, organized by Sudan Remote Sensing Authority in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and the European Space Agency, yesterday, the Vice-President called for using modern technologies in the use of outer space, stressing the importance of the implementation of space technologies in building the nation's capabilities. The Minister of Sciences and Technology, Prof. Al-Zubair Bashir Taha, also addressed the importance of the workshop, and underscored the use of the space technology in national projects in water, studies of the Nubian Base and even the campaign of eradication of mosquitoes in Sudan, indicating that Sudan is planning to possess a satellite soon. He said that the aim of the workshop is to map out a strategy for Sudan and Africa on the use of the technologies of outer space. Director of Sudan Remote Sensing Authority Dr. Amina Ahmed Hamid, explained in statement to SUNA, that the Workshop seeks to make partnerships for application of space technologies in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, the European Space Agency and the African Economic Commission. She referred to the importance of establishing joint projects for exchange of expertise and handling the development problems. An expert on information and remote sensing, Dr. Hassan Mohamed Hassan, presented a key paper in which he asserted the importance of environmental information in realization of economic development. He pointed to the substantial role of outer space technologies to follow up environmental changes, sustainable development, population and human development studies. He said that the economic gap between the developed and developing countries could be removed through using environmental information systems. http://sudan-space.blogspot.com/2009...ter-space.html _________________________________________________ Hamisu Muhammad 28 February 2011 Nigeria: NASRDA Gets Technical Advisory Team A new technical advisory committee has been inaugurated for the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA). The Committee is saddled with the responsibilities of functioning in advisory capacities in actualizing the goals and objectives of the National Space Policy and programmes. Inaugurating the 10-man Technical Advisory Committee, the Minister of Science and Technology, Professor Mohammed K. Abubakar said that the Federal Government is irrevocably committed to its position in utilizing space technology to address some problems militating our growth and development as well as actualizing a better society and virile nation of our dream. According to him, space science and technology is a catalyst for radical development and has formed the bedrock upon which most developed nations in the world hinged their development programmes. "Our collective decision as a nation to venture into space was not an ego trip, but for the socio-economic development of our country and for the overall benefits of our people", he said. He urged the committee members to use their wealth of experience in complementing the efforts of management of the agency towards actualizing the desired goals. Director-General of NASRDA, Seidu Mohammed, stated that the committee were carefully selected from different sectors of space technology like space application, climatology, soil science amongst others adding that Nigeria is not lagging behind in the space contest in view of the modest achievements in the national space and development agency. "If Nigeria is to the challenges of the 21st century, space science and technology must be given a pride of place because it is quite evident that the technology is fast changing the global community and altering the pattern of business and society" he added. In his remark, the Chairman of the Committee, Vincent Olulonyo stressed the need for Nigeria to streamline its activities of the space agencies as done in other countries. http://allafrica.com/stories/201103040717.html http://sudan-space.blogspot.com/2009...ter-space.html [/QB][/QUOTE]
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