President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated the team of Ghanaians whose satellite, the GhanaSat-1, successfully reached orbit Friday.
The satellite, built by a team of students and professors of the All Nations University College in the Eastern Region, was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in the US in June.
It successfully reached its orbit July 7.
In a message sent via twitter, the President congratulated the team for their massive achievement.
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Congratulations to the team from All Nations Uni., Koforidua, for the successful launch of Ghana's 1st satellite, GhanaSat-1, into orbit.
— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) July 7, 2017