Senegal successfully launched its first satellite, GAINDESAT-1A, into space on Friday, August 16, 2024, after a three-month delay. The nanosatellite lifted off at 6:56 p.m. local time from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Transporter-11 mission.
Developed by Senegalese engineers and technicians trained at the University Space Center…
