Ethiopia Communication Satellite is a planned communication satellite for Ethiopia, 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: $350,000,000.

Planned satellite · Conceptual

Planned satellites in Ethiopia

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Recorded in the Future Satellite Database Registry.

Country: Ethiopia
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: Foreign
Manufacture country: China
Operator: Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute
Owner: Government
Rationale: Institutional development
Estimated cost: $350,000,000

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

Ethiopia

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ETRSS-2
Ethiopia EO Satellite (beyond ETRSS-2, part of 10-by-2035 plan)

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