Djibouti 1A, 1B

Djibouti 1A []

The Djibouti 1A 1U CubeSat is the first satellite of Djibouti.

Following a partnership signed with the University of Montpellier, France, ten Djiboutian students were sent for training to acquire the knowledge and know-how of space systems. After graduating, the students joined the University of Montpellier Space Center (CSUM) to design a 1U Cubesat Space Mission.

The satelite will provide real-time transmission of data from stations spread over the entire territory such as climatological and seismic stations in particular. Expleo is developing the payload of a nanosatellite to collect data from local climatological stations spread across the territory, such as temperature, rainfall, river depth and hydrometry across the country. With the new nanosatellite, Djibouti can better track environmental changes across the country.