East African Community Satellite is a planned communication satellite for East Africa, with no launch year announced yet. Its procurement status is conceptual and Space in Africa rates its launch confidence as level 1 (long shot). Estimated cost: $300,000,000.

Planned satellite · Conceptual

Planned satellites in East Africa

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Key facts

Recorded in the Future Satellite Database Registry.

Country: East Africa
Mission: Communication
Satellites: 1
Expected launch: Not yet scheduled
Procurement status: Conceptual
Launch confidence: Level 1: Long Shot
Orbit: GEO
Class: Large
Size: Large
Build: Local
Operator: East African Community
Owner: Government
Rationale: Institutional development
Estimated cost: $300,000,000

Source: Space in Africa research and the Space in Africa Data Hub.

East Africa

More planned satellites in East Africa

1 recorded

This is the only one recorded in East Africa so far.

See all 1 in the registry