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SumbandilaSat (formerly ZASAT-002, AMSAT designation SO-67〔(ANS-294 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin SumbandilaSat Designated as SO-67 ), AMSAT News Service, bulletin ANS-294 of 2009-10-21 (naming as OSCAR), accessed 2009-10-25〕), is a South African micro earth observation satellite, launched 2009-09-17 on a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The first part of the name, Sumbandila, is from the Venda language and means "lead the way". The University of Stellenbosch, (SunSpace ) and the CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) were key players in constructing SumbandilaSat. The CSIR's Satellite Application Centre (CSIR-SAC) will be responsible for operations, telemetry, tracking, control as well as data capturing. SumbandilaSat is part of a closely integrated South African space programme and will serve as a research tool to investigate the viability of affordable space technology. Furthermore, the data will be used to, amongst others, monitor and manage disasters such as flooding, oil spills and fires within Southern Africa. In June 2011 the satellite was damaged during a solar storm. The damage caused the on-board computer and the camera to stop functioning. This has caused it to stop fulfilling its primary objective and has been written off as a loss by SunSpace, its builder.〔http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22870:sumbandilasat-beyond-repair〕 ==Launch site== The launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome is known as LC-31/6, and can be found in at the following coordinates: * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SumbandilaSat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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