Taifa-1, Kenya's first operational satellite, finally launched on Saturday, April 15, around 9:48 a.m. Nairobi time.
It was launched aboard the Falcon 9 rocket of the American company Space X, from California, with several dozen other satellites. It will provide data, including high-definition images, to study the evolution of the country's forest cover. Kenya already sees it as a springboard to develop its space technologies and hopes to send more satellites soon.