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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Yeah, but you kind of are.
> (...) 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.
Yes, it's the kind of thing that even NASA does nowadays.
Cool feat by Botswana. Outstanding.
To compare what NASA does to this seems like a soft discrimination of low expectations, which is so common when referring to developing countries.
I think you're trying very hard to grasp at straws to belittle a whole country, while being completely oblivious to the domain.
For reference, Ireland launched its first satellite on 2023. Does this give you the right to shit on Ireland's achievement?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_satellites_by_co...
> EIRSAT-1 (Educational Irish Research Satellite-1) is a European Space Agency-sponsored 2U CubeSat developed and built by University College Dublin
> The mission of EIRSAT-1 is to advance education in space science and engineering across the whole island of Ireland through collaboration between student teams, higher education institutions and high-tech companies.
Actually it looks like most of the first national satellites listed are operated by colleges and universities, not high schools.