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Briefing
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- Orbital experiments – Plans to buy spaceship to enable developing countries in conducting orbital experiments on a two-week mission in 2021
- Cubesat program – Builds on program that will let developing countries launch cubesat satellites every year from Japan's module on the International Space Station
- Existing space efforts – Include South Africa’s space agency which is less than one decade old and India’s space efforts with its successful launches including Mars probe
- Potential applications – Can be used to launch systems that track weather, monitor crops, provide telecommunications services, and mitigate disasters
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Accelerator
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Sector
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Information Technology, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
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Organization
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United Nations
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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September 29, 2016
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