29 Sep South African Teenage Team Launches Prototype CubeSat

Capacity development is one of the goals of the African space programme, which the African Space Strategy reiterates. Accordingly, Africa seeks to train professionals in the space industry who can leverage space technology to solve Africa’s challenges. In this regard, South Africa’s SpringBots team is attempting to solve local environmental problems with their self-assembled CubeSat prototype under the auspices of the 2021 FIRST Global Challenge.