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Mauritius launches its first satellite

Tuesday 8 June 2021 | 09:06 CET | News
The first Mauritian satellite (a CubeSat – MIR-SAT1) has been successfully launched onboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (Mission: CRS-22/SpX-22) from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, Africanews reported. The Mauritius Imagery and Radiotelecommunication Satellite 1 (MIR-SAT1) was built by a team of researchers at the Mauritius Research and Innovation Council (MRIC), under the auspices of the Ministry of Information Technology Communication and Innovation. The local Amateur Radio Society also supported the project in collaboration with experts from AAC-Clyde Space UK.

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Categories: Broadcast & Satellite
Companies: SpaceX
Countries: Mauritius
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