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S. Africa launches Africa's most advanced nanosatellite

Africa's most advanced nanosatellite, developed by South Africa, was successfully launched on Thursday, the South African Department of Science and Technology said.

"Today marks another historic milestone for South Africa with the successful launch into space of the continent's most advanced nanosatellite to date, ZACube-2, in the early hours of this morning," the department said in a statement.

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