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Federal University Of Technology, Akure Sets Record, To Launch Satellite Into Space - Mhiz Rebecca - 05-31-2017
The Federal University of Technology, Akure,
announced on Tuesday that it would on
Thursday launch a satellite into space in
partnership with other local and international
organisations and countries.
The university said the satellite belonged to
Japan, Ghana, Mongolia, Nigeria and
Bangladesh, and would be launched into Space
from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA.
“It is the first ever university satellite to be
launched in Nigeria,” a statement by the
university stated.
Read full statement below:
The Federal University of Technology, Akure,
FUTA, scientific prowess will get a big fillip on
Thursday June 1st at 10.55pm (Nigerian time),
when the SpaceX Falcon9 Rocket launches
Birds 1 satellites, comprising 5 CubeSats
belonging to Japan, Ghana, Mongolia, Nigeria
and Bangladesh, into Space from Kennedy
Space Centre in Florida, USA.
The Nigerian CubeSat, code name
NigeriaEdusat-1, is designed, built and owned
by The Federal University of Technology
Akure, FUTA, in collaboration with National
Space Research and Development Agency,
NASRDA, Abuja, Nigeria, and Kyushu Institute
of Technology Japan.
Ibukun Adebolu of FUTA’s Department of
Mechanical Engineering is the representative
of Nigeria on the project. It is the first ever
university satellite to be launched in Nigeria.
The CubeSats will be launched and docked to
the International Space Station where the
satellites will be deployed into lower orbit
during the last week of June 2017.