By ANDUALEM SISAYMore by this AuthorEthiopia is set to launch its first earth observatory satellite in September 2019, joining a list of few African countries that have put the devices into orbit. “The satellite will be launched from China while the control and command station will be in Ethiopia," said Dr Solomon Belay Tessema, the director general of the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute at the Addis Ababa University. He said the design, development and manufacturing of the satellite, done in collaboration with the Chinese, cost $8 million. He noted that the technology and knowledge transfer will enable the Ethiopian scientists "design, build and launch the second satellite independently." Russia, which built the communication satellite, is building another one for Angola set to be launched in 2020.

Source: Ethiopian News November 02, 2018 14:48 UTC