Various South African Space projects,concepts and associated equipment

[Graugrun]

Thanks for that info rocketZA I look forward to more info on 'Steve' in due course - I created a seperate forum for SA propulsion projects if your're interested:

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/south-african-indigenous-propulsion-projects.39110/

Moving onto our further satellite developments, I still need to add info in on the satellites that we developed and that sre in current use for countries like Saudi Arabia and others - in the meantime, this brochure shows some of our general developments.

 

[Graugrun]

South Africa and China Establish 12,900 km Quantum Satellite Link​

Nice development, can't say that I'm thrilled that it's with China though...

https://spaceinafrica.com/2025/03/2...na-establish-12900-km-quantum-satellite-link/

 

[Graugrun]

SaudiSat 3 is a follow-on to the earlier Saudisat projects. Larger than its precedessors, SaudiSat 3 uses high resolution imagers provided by SUNspace in South Africa and the for Space Research Institute of KACST (King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology) for Earth observation.

 

[Thorn]

South Africa and China Establish 12,900 km Quantum Satellite Link​

Nice development, can't say that I'm thrilled that it's with China though...

https://spaceinafrica.com/2025/03/2...na-establish-12900-km-quantum-satellite-link/

Greetings

Impressive. Especially with AI recently 'escaping' from' its sand box and onto the Internet. I was tempted to say, 'yeah right', but will for the sake of polite conversation abstain.

Not quite August 29, 1997, yet, but it draws uncomfortable parallels.

Regards

Thorn

 

[Thorn]

SaudiSat 3 is a follow-on to the earlier Saudisat projects. Larger than its precedessors, SaudiSat 3 uses high resolution imagers provided by SUNspace in South Africa and the for Space Research Institute of KACST (King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology) for Earth observation.

Interesting.

I wonder whether any SA-developed kit, such as the hi-res imagers for SaudiSat-3, will eventually reach nations which have encountered problems putting their own LEO observation satellites into orbit. Such as Iran and North Korea for instance.

Although their problems seem to stem from the SLV's used, such as failed stage separation and failing to reach orbit.

Regards.

Thorn

 

[rocketZA]

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