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
- Manuscript document
IAC-19,B1,IP,10,x51926.pdf (🔒 authorized access only).
To get the manuscript, please contact IAF Secretariat.