The All Nations University Ghana will on November 25 – 26, 2019 host industry experts, academics and policy makers from Ghana and guests from outside Ghana for a two-day conference on Space Science and Satellite Technology Applications (SSSTA).
The SSSTA conference since its inception remains one of the conferences in Ghana actively supporting activities related to space science and satellite technology. It was started by All Nations University as a university conference in 2012 focusing on innovative technological ways of national development in the field of space science and technology. These activities therefore led to the launch of Ghana’s first satellite “GHANASAT-1” developed by Ghanaian engineers from the University of All Nations, making Ghana a space-faring nation.
According to the organizers, the main purpose of this year’s conference is to launch the African Constellation Satellites project to be called African Constellation Satellites (AFCONSAT). Tomorrow, different countries in Africa will come with their different satellite mission definitions and discuss how they will carry out this project using the resources available in Africa. They will then sign a memorandum of cooperation and launch the AFCONSAT project. This initiative is led by the All Nations University Space Science and Technology Laboratory in Ghana. Some of the countries currently participating in the discussion are Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire and Namibia.
It is not certain where the funding for this project will come from, but Space in Africa gathered that the organizers are talking to institutions and governments of some of the partner countries to explore ways to implement the project.
More information on the AFCONSAT project and an update on the conference will be provided in due course. More information about the conference is available here.