South African schoolgirls are helping to create Africa’s first privately-funded satellite in an effort to reset the gender balance in maths and technology
The 16 and 17-year-old girls from disadvantaged areas in Cape Town will refine the design of the payload – the scientific instrument on board the satellite – and prepare it for launch later this year.
The year-long programme began with 120 girls taking part in several technical workshops, with the most talented of the students joining week-long ‘SpaceTrek’ camps where they built high-altitude weather balloon satellites.
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