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Ethiopia has launched its second satellite, ET Smart RSS2, into space, which will send high-quality images that will help the Ethiopian government make the right decisions in various sectors.
The director of the Ethiopian Institute of Space Science Technology, Abdissa Yilma, said that the 8.9 kilogram satellite has a better quality image resolution compared to the first satellite that Ethiopia launched from China several months ago. Currently, the nano satellite is 700 kilometers above the earth and has been sending images, according to Abdissa.
Like the first satellite Ethiopia sent into space, ET Smart RSS2 will also be used for mineral exploration, agriculture, natural resource conservation and management, natural disaster prediction, rural and urban land governance, water resource management, among others. It indicated that ET Smart RSS2 launched on March 8 rocket launcher.
Reports show that many developed countries have used space technology for proper management of their natural resources and for gathering information.
