Cheers as Kenya’s first satellite sent to space

University of Nairobi lecturers and students follow Public deployment of Kenya's first Satellite, from a screen launched in Japan by Japanese and University of Nairobi lecturers on 10/05/2018 (Jenipher Wachie,Standard)

At exactly 1.30pm on Friday, history was made as Kenya deployed her first satellite into space.

The satellite built by the University of Nairobi was deployed to orbit the earth from the International Space Station (ISS) in a ceremony broadcast live to an audience at the university’s Chandaria Centre for Performing Arts.