Comprehensive policy needed to launch bigger satellites – GhanaSat-1 launcher

Ghana will with a comprehensive space policy be able to launch bigger satellites into space, Ghana’s first satellite launcher Ernest Teye Matey has noted.

Ghana through the All Nations University College became the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to launch an educational satellite, Ghanasat-1, into earth orbit on Friday 7 July 2017.

Since its launch, not so much has been heard of the achievement as well as further plans for Ghana’s space development, even though there expectations for government to launch a bigger satellite.

However, Mr Matey has disclosed that he and his team are trying to have a comprehensive space policy for the country.


Speaking on the Morning Starr, he said “we are hoping that after the comprehensive space policy is done, Ghana will launch bigger satellites. We were expecting government to launch a bigger project after we launched the first satellite but it didn’t happen.”

He also noted that Ghana has been able to reach about 7000 students with practical STEM.

“We have introduced something practical using space science.”

“When we developed GhanaSat-1 in 2017, the president was happy about it and he asked us to bring a project proposal for another one,” he revealed.

Three students from Ghana’s All Nations University Benjamin Bonsu, a PhD student in Applied Science for System Engineering, Joseph Quansah and Ernest Teye Matey were involved in a two-yearlll project that saw them design, assemble and test Ghana’s first satellite GhanaSat-1 in 2017.

Source: Starrfm.com.gh