Ghanaian university to launch first space satellite

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GMR 12 years ago

Kwasiasem, get your priorities right

Kwasiasem, get your priorities right
kabokabo 12 years ago

Congrats. More satelite at obuasi and Flagstaff house to track down judgement debt payers and illegal Chinees miners

Congrats. More satelite at obuasi and Flagstaff house to track down judgement debt payers and illegal Chinees miners
TerrblY Spe cifiC 12 years ago

MONITOR THAT WARMONGER

MONITOR THAT WARMONGER
TerriblY Spe cifiC 12 years ago

KEEP YOUR GIRLS INDOORS FROM THAT ATOPAHENE

KEEP YOUR GIRLS INDOORS FROM THAT ATOPAHENE
DAN 12 years ago

how can ghana launch satellite, They can't launch electric,fresh water or natural gas in pipelines! 3rd world country!

how can ghana launch satellite, They can't launch electric,fresh water or natural gas in pipelines! 3rd world country!
WOFA WAHOO 12 years ago

this ur monkeys brains cant never launch satelite,make it.

this ur monkeys brains cant never launch satelite,make it.
mojingles 12 years ago

Exactly, GMR, what a misplaced priority by this university.....find solutions to the problems of hunger first, and once Ghanaians have full stomachs, they can think better..that is common sense....

Exactly, GMR, what a misplaced priority by this university.....find solutions to the problems of hunger first, and once Ghanaians have full stomachs, they can think better..that is common sense....
HANNIBAL(Blessed by God) 12 years ago

Space technology has many applications - in the medical, agricultural and technological fields, etc. Do you think other countries around the world are conducting space exploration for fun? In any case it is the University's m ...
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Space technology has many applications - in the medical, agricultural and technological fields, etc. Do you think other countries around the world are conducting space exploration for fun? In any case it is the University's money not yours, so shut up.
tonny 12 years ago

cover your heads up ,another space junk is falling down on you.i think is better for the pastor to fix his church building here in TORONTO CANADA after all the bulk of his wealth comes from the poor immigrants attending to th ...
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cover your heads up ,another space junk is falling down on you.i think is better for the pastor to fix his church building here in TORONTO CANADA after all the bulk of his wealth comes from the poor immigrants attending to that church.
Gilly 12 years ago

We can't wait to see a first attempt or successful scientific feet. That's great news to us the scientific community if only it is not just a media hipe. Its about time we make science a priority in nation building. I can't w ...
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We can't wait to see a first attempt or successful scientific feet. That's great news to us the scientific community if only it is not just a media hipe. Its about time we make science a priority in nation building. I can't wait to watch the launch on TV. Do we have a launch pad in Ghana? Where is it?

KWAME 12 years ago

It is like putting bandage on aching stomach. 2013 you are still dying by malaria..mosquito bites..really, and you are embarking on space technology. hmm

It is like putting bandage on aching stomach. 2013 you are still dying by malaria..mosquito bites..really, and you are embarking on space technology. hmm
St Francis(London). 12 years ago

It is very heartening to see the African gradually believing in himself.This should give a psychological boost of "We can do attitude"to the coming generation.Given this feet I believe it is only a matter of time before other ...
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It is very heartening to see the African gradually believing in himself.This should give a psychological boost of "We can do attitude"to the coming generation.Given this feet I believe it is only a matter of time before other institutions take up the challenge and start coming with their own invention within their area of expertise(agric,auto,IT,medical equipments etc.etc)
The challenge is now on for Ghanaian scientist to come up with low cost innovative inventions that suit our system,enable us to repair them when they break down and reduce over reliance on donor help.
Lets not forget that even with all its technological advancement the USA space programme has at one time or the other had setbacks.Why are we afraid to start from somewhere.
It is true that food clothing and shelter are our paramount needs at the moment.However have we asked ourselves why almost all the rich countries(oil rich nations excepted) are those whose with scientific industrial economy.
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osei-kusi fr 12 years ago

Thanks for the encouragement you have given to our children .Trust and obey and things will be alright I will be the first person to give donation if time needs. Go ahead children for north korea lacks food but they cant lunc ...
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Thanks for the encouragement you have given to our children .Trust and obey and things will be alright I will be the first person to give donation if time needs. Go ahead children for north korea lacks food but they cant lunch thier own satelite of which un is worried.
Chief Driver 12 years ago

Do you people think at all ?
What is misplaced here ?Do they have to wait until the nation gets a full fledged electricity before launching the satelite? Did Ghana have politiciuans before she was agitating for freedom?
You ...
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Do you people think at all ?
What is misplaced here ?Do they have to wait until the nation gets a full fledged electricity before launching the satelite? Did Ghana have politiciuans before she was agitating for freedom?
You see how stupid and eccentric some of you are ?
Go ahead All Nations University.So do we have to have plenty to eat before realising our space dreams? No m,atter Nkrumah said when he is gone people will lit candle to look for him
What a useless kind of fools we have in this country ? A bundle of fagotts.
SHELL SIGNBOARD 12 years ago

WHEN WE ARE STILL IMPORTING WOODEN RULER, PAINT BRUSH FROM CHINA. SEEN THE 'LUDU' BOARD MADE IN GHANA?

WHEN WE ARE STILL IMPORTING WOODEN RULER, PAINT BRUSH FROM CHINA. SEEN THE 'LUDU' BOARD MADE IN GHANA?
ALF. 12 years ago

oh so sorry for you. what do you mean?
Do you really mean it?

oh so sorry for you. what do you mean?
Do you really mean it?
Mr.Bestman 12 years ago

Why are Ghanaians refusing to believe the President Of All Nations University College in Koforidua about the Institution CANSAT program ? Remember that Ghana is always the "FIRST & BEST". Keep Dreaming.

Why are Ghanaians refusing to believe the President Of All Nations University College in Koforidua about the Institution CANSAT program ? Remember that Ghana is always the "FIRST & BEST". Keep Dreaming.
kabokabo 12 years ago

Finally we are going to have satelite that can track down Arm Robbers in Kumasi. What else can this satelite do apart from tracking down arm robbers and Obuasi galamsey?
Success

Finally we are going to have satelite that can track down Arm Robbers in Kumasi. What else can this satelite do apart from tracking down arm robbers and Obuasi galamsey?
Success
Teacher 12 years ago

It's armed robbers not arm robbers. Who want to rob your arm?

It's armed robbers not arm robbers. Who want to rob your arm?
yaw, USA 12 years ago

THE ARM ROBBERS WANT TO ROB HIS ARM. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

THE ARM ROBBERS WANT TO ROB HIS ARM. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Not Einstein 12 years ago

This school is also into gargantuan promises. What they will end up doing is to send a rocket into orbit. Could be an orbit of a few hundred feet into the air. They DO NOT HAVE the capacity to build a satellite.

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This school is also into gargantuan promises. What they will end up doing is to send a rocket into orbit. Could be an orbit of a few hundred feet into the air. They DO NOT HAVE the capacity to build a satellite.

What is the budget of the school? In fact what is the budget of Legon, Tech and CapeVars together?

Mo mma yen dwen ye ho.
Researcher 12 years ago

Those of you excited about this piece of news need to ask some questions.
What purpose will the satellite serve? And more

Those of you excited about this piece of news need to ask some questions.
What purpose will the satellite serve? And more
Nana Yaw III 12 years ago

They may have the capacity to build the satellite but not the capacity to build the launching ssytem - the rocket! Maybe that explains why he says they can send the satellite into orbit using a balloon. What he has forgette ...
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They may have the capacity to build the satellite but not the capacity to build the launching ssytem - the rocket! Maybe that explains why he says they can send the satellite into orbit using a balloon. What he has forgetten is that real space begins some 160 km above sea level!

As for the satellite, you can even take a coca cola can, fix some tentacles on it, add a gps system (you can buy one on ebay at 50 dollars), a good thermometer and any other sensor of choice, and you will have built a satellite - provided you can catapult this to some 160 km above sea level.
Esi Atta 12 years ago

This man Donkor man got his degree from a backyard college!

This man Donkor man got his degree from a backyard college!
shamu 12 years ago

By how? I am sorry, you guys just want to be telling stories or what? Who is Ghanaian universties? These are schools that has never discovered anything on earth and now you are telling me you want to launch a space satellite. ...
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By how? I am sorry, you guys just want to be telling stories or what? Who is Ghanaian universties? These are schools that has never discovered anything on earth and now you are telling me you want to launch a space satellite. Oh my God. Ok, do it and lets see
PV 12 years ago

great move but please display your simulation data and your optimal control conditions before the launch.More grease to your elbow. Keep it up

great move but please display your simulation data and your optimal control conditions before the launch.More grease to your elbow. Keep it up
Nana Yaw III 12 years ago

Read the news again. This man has nothing to launch the satellite from Ghana.

Read the news again. This man has nothing to launch the satellite from Ghana.
Kyekyeku 12 years ago

We need electricity and water to drink and look at what good for nothing people are talking about.ah Ghana . Won't people even laugh at us. Before this thing will take off there will be light off. Nkwaseasem are kwa.

We need electricity and water to drink and look at what good for nothing people are talking about.ah Ghana . Won't people even laugh at us. Before this thing will take off there will be light off. Nkwaseasem are kwa.
Sankofa 12 years ago

How is this satellite going to be launched?

How is this satellite going to be launched?
osei-kusi fr 12 years ago

Sorry of your ignorant in the field of satellite for launching,France does launch at guyana,usa launches at
cape canaval and russia does it in baiconor and india does it for other countries who do not have launching pad so i ...
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Sorry of your ignorant in the field of satellite for launching,France does launch at guyana,usa launches at
cape canaval and russia does it in baiconor and india does it for other countries who do not have launching pad so in the near future if the children prosper in this field, they will one day have their own launching pad in Ghana and it will be fantastic

KOJO 12 years ago

First in Democracy,

First in Democracy,
Nana Yaw III 12 years ago

If you simply follow a journalist’s headline, you are bound to commit a grave judgemental error. When I read the headline I said wow! This man is a joker. But then I kept my cool and read through the article. Then I foun ...
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If you simply follow a journalist’s headline, you are bound to commit a grave judgemental error. When I read the headline I said wow! This man is a joker. But then I kept my cool and read through the article. Then I found that the reporter was taking things out of proportions. Dr. Ashivie claims they have built a 350ml can satellite and that they aim to put a 3kg one into space some years to come.

I hope he knows the costs involved and that this runs into millions of dollars when we talk about the craft to carry the satellite into space. It is good to have big dreams, and we all know the benefits of satellites in modern-day living, but maybe the heads of this programme at the university should be circumspect with their ambitions and dreams.

In the meantime, I will keep my eyes up the skies any time I walk out of my room, as this guy is yet to explain how he is going to shoot the first satellite into space (some 160 km above Koftown).
Conventional Youth. 12 years ago

Plus

Plus
Kyekyeku 12 years ago

Please make sure you lunch this in the middle of the sea because it might come back and fall on innocent people and destroy properties. Also let us know the date so that I may fly my family out of the country. Nonsense.

Please make sure you lunch this in the middle of the sea because it might come back and fall on innocent people and destroy properties. Also let us know the date so that I may fly my family out of the country. Nonsense.
yaw, USA 12 years ago

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHA, GHANA SPACE CENTER AT KOFTOWN, WOWWWWWW. MAYBE THEY WERE PRACTICING ON KITES AND SOME GOT MISSING IN THE AIR

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHA, GHANA SPACE CENTER AT KOFTOWN, WOWWWWWW. MAYBE THEY WERE PRACTICING ON KITES AND SOME GOT MISSING IN THE AIR
Ben Fosu 12 years ago

Research into water and electricity cos we are thirsty and leave satellite to U.S and Europe.

Research into water and electricity cos we are thirsty and leave satellite to U.S and Europe.
ALF. 12 years ago

oh Africa! Africa!! IT IS SO SAD YOU STILL GOT PEOPLE WITH THIS MENTALITY.

oh Africa! Africa!! IT IS SO SAD YOU STILL GOT PEOPLE WITH THIS MENTALITY.
MAHA MA GBAGBO 12 years ago

This is wishful thinking. We tried to separate co-joined twins. We embarrassingly failed and the two babies died. Now we are going to launch a "satellite'.Are we talking about a kite. If its indeed a satellite then we should ...
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This is wishful thinking. We tried to separate co-joined twins. We embarrassingly failed and the two babies died. Now we are going to launch a "satellite'.Are we talking about a kite. If its indeed a satellite then we should expect an imminent tragedy. WATCH OUT!!
4 Year Old 12 years ago

Woooowwww! The first Space Satelite by a Ghanaian University at Koforidua? Go to NASA, ask the American government and Space Science Museum and they will laugh at you to scorn. You may comfortably say that the University is e ...
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Woooowwww! The first Space Satelite by a Ghanaian University at Koforidua? Go to NASA, ask the American government and Space Science Museum and they will laugh at you to scorn. You may comfortably say that the University is embarking a course in Space studies. Don't deceive yourself.
thuglife 12 years ago

fools now they waking up.this is a good start.

fools now they waking up.this is a good start.
Nyansafo 12 years ago

The satelite is the size of a coca cola can. He is probably going to launch it with a rubber band.

The satelite is the size of a coca cola can. He is probably going to launch it with a rubber band.
KWASI IN EUROPE 12 years ago

Even America and Europe need millions of dollars to launch one satellite; Where is this Koforidua school going to get these millions? Don't open your mouths too wide. Don't disgrace yourselves like that former judge.

Even America and Europe need millions of dollars to launch one satellite; Where is this Koforidua school going to get these millions? Don't open your mouths too wide. Don't disgrace yourselves like that former judge.
Siribou 12 years ago

Is this a joke? A 350-ml can is like a can of pepsi, coke or soda. Are they SERIOUS??
Let's keep it real..why doesn't this college come up with practical science projects like Power outages and shortage of Water.How would a ...
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Is this a joke? A 350-ml can is like a can of pepsi, coke or soda. Are they SERIOUS??
Let's keep it real..why doesn't this college come up with practical science projects like Power outages and shortage of Water.How would a can-like satellite benefit the farmer at techiman
miracle 12 years ago

why doubt the black mind?

why doubt the black mind?
Dondo 12 years ago

Good thinking if only you had the knowledge.
We will give money because you have a good wish. Gone are the days when you can lie and get away.
3 cubeSat that is smaller than a bird. Keep on dreaming, your dream cant cime tr ...
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Good thinking if only you had the knowledge.
We will give money because you have a good wish. Gone are the days when you can lie and get away.
3 cubeSat that is smaller than a bird. Keep on dreaming, your dream cant cime true but not 2016.
MENSAH ANANI 12 years ago

STOP THIS KIND OF KRISTO ASAFO ATTITUDE.TACKLE THE BASIC NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND STOP THIS KIND OF NONSENSE MEDIA HYPE.NO FOOD AND WATER FOR STUDENTS AND YOU ARE HAPPY.

STOP THIS KIND OF KRISTO ASAFO ATTITUDE.TACKLE THE BASIC NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND STOP THIS KIND OF NONSENSE MEDIA HYPE.NO FOOD AND WATER FOR STUDENTS AND YOU ARE HAPPY.
MARCUS AMPADU 12 years ago

Are journey of a thousand miles starts with a step, to quote Chairman Mao Zedong when he was about to lead the Red Army during the Long March. Reminding his troops that no action or big idea is possible without first taking t ...
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Are journey of a thousand miles starts with a step, to quote Chairman Mao Zedong when he was about to lead the Red Army during the Long March. Reminding his troops that no action or big idea is possible without first taking the initial step.

Congrats All Nations University College, your bold steps to launch Ghana's first space satellite - CANSAT. Let's hope your 350-ml microsatellite advances into landing on Mars in the future.
SAM 12 years ago

Am I dreaming? Ghana has been importing minimize dependence on importation of human resources on space and satellite technology?

"He said the programme would help to minimize dependence on importation of human resources o ...
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Am I dreaming? Ghana has been importing minimize dependence on importation of human resources on space and satellite technology?

"He said the programme would help to minimize dependence on importation of human resources on space and satellite technology"
emmanuel 12 years ago

yes e black man is capable of doing it

yes e black man is capable of doing it
Lucy 12 years ago

Ghanaian university to launch first space satellite; Well done All Nations University College for bringing this to Ghana and
Africa as a continent. This is the first time am hearing things of this nature which to me I thi ...
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Ghanaian university to launch first space satellite; Well done All Nations University College for bringing this to Ghana and
Africa as a continent. This is the first time am hearing things of this nature which to me I think is very great for Ghana and Africa as a whole. Science is the brain for developement and I wonder why Africa can develope without innovations like this. Today we talk of south korea, china among other countries and we refused to found out and study the secret behind thier strategy of developement
Prof Lungu 12 years ago

.... inefficient water supply...

Yes, bring us some water when you get to space from Koforidua!

.... inefficient water supply...

Yes, bring us some water when you get to space from Koforidua!
Pro G H A N A IAN 12 years ago

And yet another useless story!
But the washing machine is still imported...

And yet another useless story!
But the washing machine is still imported...

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