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Botswana launches first satellite BOTSAT-1 aboard SpaceX Falcon 9

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395 points vinnyglennon | 2 comments | 26 Mar 25 16:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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tarkin2[dead post] ◴[27 Mar 25 02:53 UTC] No.43489951[source]▶
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throwaway2037 ◴[27 Mar 25 07:59 UTC] No.43491316[source]▶
Small? Not at all.

Google tells me:

    Botswana, with an area of 581,730 square kilometers, is roughly the size of France or Texas, and slightly larger than the combined area of the UK and Ireland.
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1. loudmax ◴[27 Mar 25 12:13 UTC] No.43492783[source]▶
But with a population of 2.7 million. That is the more relevant factor here, and by this metric they're on the side of tiny.

And that makes their ability to develop a functioning satellite that integrates into a launch vehicle all the more impressive! Kudos to Botswana's engineers.

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2. Dylan16807 ◴[27 Mar 25 18:17 UTC] No.43496386[source]▶
> And that makes their ability to develop a functioning satellite that integrates into a launch vehicle all the more impressive! Kudos to Botswana's engineers.

I'd like to say that but I don't think it's accurate. Endurosat handled at least the baseline functionality and launch vehicle integration.