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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Zimbabwe’s first satellite, ZimSat-1, was successfully launched into space on Monday, state-run Herald newspaper reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

ZimSat-1, a nanosatellite, was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Launch Facility in Virginia on board the Cygnus NG-18, an uncrewed spacecraft that provides commercial cargo resupply services to the ISS.<\/p>\n

The actual deployment of ZimSat-1 into orbit will be done through the Japanese Kibo module about two weeks after the launch, according to the Herald.<\/p>\n

Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Permanent Secretary Fanuel Tagwira said the launch is a major milestone for Zimbabwe’s space technology development.<\/p>\n

“We are getting into that phase of development as a country where we can gather information we can use in agriculture, health and other areas,” Tagwira told the Herald.<\/p>\n

“We will have real time data instead of waiting for data coming from other people. Zimbabwe is going to be in a very good position to collect its own information which it can use for decision-making,” said Tagwira.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZINGSA) Coordinator Painos Gweme said the satellite will enhance Zimbabwe’s mineral exploration and monitoring of environmental hazards.<\/p>\n

“This has a multi-spectral camera which has a remote standing camera which we are going to use primarily for agricultural application, crop yield estimation, land cover and land use,” Gweme told the Herald.<\/p>\n

“We can see our forestry and the change over time because it has what we call a store-and-forward mission as part of the pilot which we are going to use together with the ground centre terminal,” he added.<\/p>\n

ZimSat-1 was built by Zimbabwean engineers working in collaboration with the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency under a Joint Global Multi-Nation BIRDS Satellite program.<\/p>\n

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