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As African space race heats up, Senegal pursues homemade satellites

As African space race heats up, Senegal pursues homemade satellitesWorldPing

Senegalese engineers in hairnets and white gloves are carefully assembling a nanosatellite at a French lab—another step toward fostering their own space industry back home.

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