Zambia will launch it’s first satellite in two years, says Technology minister

MINISTER of Science and Technology Felix Mutati has revealed that government has set a target for Zambia to launch its own satellite in the next two years, in order for the country to have improved internet services. Speaking during a familiarisation tour of the National Remote Sensing Centre and the National Institute for Scientific Research infrastructure in Lusaka, Saturday, Mutati said what the country was doing now was borrowing space from other satellites which limits access to data when it is needed. “Working in conjunction with the ministry, we need to develop a space science policy. And one of the dividends of this space science policy and as a nation is that we need to have ambition. This policy should…...