SPECIAL REPORT: SUSTAINABILITY 2009 – 1
Earth observation in South Africa and its impact on business On 17 September 2009 South Africa’s first operational earth observation satellite (SumbandilaSat) was launched from the Baikonour spaceport in Kazakhstan on board a Soyuz rocket. This satellite is a microsatellite with a number of ‘payloads’. The primary payload is a multispectral imager (camera) that will…
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