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For the first time in its history, Mauritius will embark on initiatives geared towards exploiting space/satellite technology for its socio-economic benefits.

Published March 6, 2021, 5:08 PM The Philippines has four satellites in space • Diwata-1 has sent data that has helped government agencies prepare for severe weather conditions, the water supply, and detect the water turbidity in Manila Bay. In the past year of the pandemic, the satellites were used to monitor land activities, including the checkpoints, the traffic situation and the activities at the country’s ports • All the data and images from the satellites are accessed through a ground receiving station in the country called “PEDRO” – that’s an acronym for Philippine Earth ...

Mauritius was the winner of the 3 rd round UNOOSA/JAXA KiboCube Programme in 2018 whereby Mauritius was awarded (by JAXA) the opportunity to build and deploy, for the first time in its history, a 1U Cube Satellite through the International Space Station (ISS). The MIR-SAT1 will be sent by JAXA to the International Space Station (ISS) and deployed from the Japanese Experiment Module (Kibo) “KiboCUBE”. The first 1U Mauritian nanosatellite, MIR-SAT1 (Mauritius Imagery and Radio – Satellite 1) was designed by a team of Mauritian Engineers and an experienced Radio Amateur from the Mauritius...