Senegal's first satellite successfully launched

Senegal's first satellite has been successfully launched into orbit, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said, adding the move marked a major step towards the West African country's "technological sovereignty". The GAINDESAT-1A satellite was launched at 18:56 GMT Friday from the Vandenberg base in California, Faye wrote in a post on X late Friday. "The result of [...]The post Senegal's first satellite successfully launched appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.

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