The Kenya Space Agency (KSA) is a state corporation established in 2017 to promote, coordinate, and regulate space-related activities in Kenya. KSA's mandate includes enhancing the utilization of space services and applications, nurturing national space capabilities, and fostering research and innovation in space science and technology. The agency works to develop indigenous capacity in space science and technology and collaborates with regional and international partners like the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and NASA. KSA also focuses on Earth observation programs and supports the development of space-related education through initiatives like Space Clubs in schools.
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Once the Nairobi station is online within Skynopy’s network, Skynopy will use the station’s extra capacity during long stretches of downtime to provide downlink services to its customers and share revenue with the Kenya Space Agency.
The Kenya Space Agency may use the partnership with Skynopy to connect Taifa-1 to the rest of Skynopy’s ground network.
The Kenya Space Agency operates a 4.5-meter S- and X-band antenna in Nairobi that currently connects to the agency’s Taifa-1 satellite launched in 2023.
Skynopy and Safran Space are deploying modems and other digital infrastructure at the Kenya Space Agency’s Nairobi ground station site.
Skynopy won the SkyConnect Kenya award from the French Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty to integrate a ground antenna owned and operated by the Kenya Space Agency into its commercial network.
EnduroSat built a nanosatellite called Taifa-1 in partnership with the Kenyan Space Agency and SayariLabs.
Capt. Alloyce Were, Deputy Director of Navigation and Positioning at the Kenya Space Agency, supports using Taifa-1's imaging capacity to monitor climate change impacts such as forest and urbanisation changes.