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  • SMALL SATELLITES AND UAV: A COLLABORATION FOR BETTER DEVELOPMENT IN EARTH OBSERVATION ACTIVITIES IN AFRICA

    Paper number

    IAC-19,B1,IP,10,x51926

    Author

    Mr. Abraham Akinwale, Nigeria, Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)

    Coauthor

    Mr. Adebayo Fadairo, Nigeria, Obafemi Awolowo University

    Coauthor

    Mr. Akpevwe Emeka, Nigeria, Obafemi Awolowo University

    Coauthor

    Mr. George Okereka, Nigeria

    Year

    2019

    Abstract
    Small satellite missions have increased in the last few years, the quest to improve its application in
    telecommunication, navigation and Earth Observation services have increase. There is a need to continue
    to offer cost-efficient solutions to replace or complement more exp ensive, larger satellite mis sions and the
    quest of African nations in this s ection is far from develop ed. The use of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
    to als o p erform these applications will help reduce the initial cost on the huge satellite budgets. These
    systems can b e made in less time and flown to take the data record in various segments when the nee d is
    required. It will b e serve as a compliment to the Cub eSat, and the general small s atellites. T his pap er
    worked on a review of the impact of c ollab orating the UAV and s mall satellites in pro jects in Africa to
    help bridge the gap in supp ort of capacity building and engineering education. Ma jo r African countries
    are embarking on s pac e p olicy reviews to fortify the success of these pro jects. Challenges s uch as testing
    facilities, launching opp ortunities, human capacity, p olicie s and African country collab oration was also
    discussed in this pap er. T he effort to combine this two pro jects to get to deve lop this continent res earch
    wise will b o ost space exploration, reconnaissance and security am ids t supp orting countries.
    Keywords: small satellite, unmanned aerial vehicle, drones, Africa
    Abstract document

    IAC-19,B1,IP,10,x51926.brief.pdf

    Manuscript document

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