Don’t want to belittle the achievement but they launched it as in „had it launched by the commercial launch provider SpaceX“, not on a self-developed rocket as it sounds like on the first read.
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As far as I'm aware of Botswana does not have the power outages of its neighbour South Africa …
Perhaps you're right, maybe it is a mask off moment for you …
“Botswana, a landlocked country in Southern Africa, has recently made considerable strides in developing a reliable electricity supply network to support its growing economy and improve the quality of life for its citizens. However, occasional power outages and load shedding do still occur during peak demand periods or when there are unforeseen challenges, such as equipment failures or extreme weather events.” https://www.sinalda.com/world-voltages/africa/voltage-botswa...
You could say this as well about significant parts of Appalachia in the US and other impoverished regions of the US, and many first nations reserves in remote parts of Canada too.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEyPgwIPkHo5If6xyrkr-...
But Appalachia are not launching satellites. They DO have a space telescope!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bank_Telescope
Very nice video also showing nice landscapes and towns :)
Exploring the Secret US Government Town with No Internet & Phone Service (100% Disconnected?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWJBAGrG0ms
>and many first nations reserves in remote parts of Canada too
Ok, but it would be suprising if an article said they are launching a sattelite?
Nobody in this thread has made anything like those kinds of sentiments. The very fact that we are taking note of Botswana's satellite nearly 70 years after Spitnik 1 makes it quite obvious how much less developed they are in aerospace. I would think that especially if someone is against such things as foreign aid to non-Europeans, and culturally relative assessment of intelligence, that they would be in favor of seeing countries like Botswana take steps to develop home grown expertise in engineering, reducing the need to rely on outside largesse, and coming a step closer to achieving developmental escape velocity.
It’s great that they’re making improvements in this are and that they’re not as bad as South Africa (assuming your claim is accurate, I haven’t compared the two). But the previous poster’s claim that power can’t be kept up on a consistent basis is accurate.
And the reaction here if say West Virginia launched a satellite would be the same: why are you wasting money doing this when <some statistic about widespread poor infrastructure and poverty>.