Botswana’s President declared in December 2020 to launch an ambitious satellite project which will see Bostwana developing its space programme. The programme aims to launch an Earth observation 3U nanosatellite into space by 2024 with the ambition of launching bigger satellites such as 6U and 12U in the future to create a constellation. This programme will domicile in the Botswana International University of Science, Technology (BIUST) in collaboration with local, regional and international partners.