Uganda
Uganda's space sector doesn't have a single dominant area yet.
Recorded activity for Uganda is still early-stage, spread thinly across commercial activity, public-sector presence, and international collaboration. Compared with East African countries captured on Spacehubs Africa tracked on the platform, it ranks 3 of 18 by recorded activity. (15 of 55 continent-wide.)
Coverage Rank
3 of 18
Captured Records
27
Benchmark Scope
East African countries captured on Spacehubs Africa
15 of 55 continent-wide
This is a platform-coverage benchmark, not an official national capability ranking.
Overview
Uganda's space activities are coordinated through the Aeronautics and Space Science Bureau within the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation. PearlAfricaSat-1, Uganda's first satellite, was launched in 2022 in collaboration with Japanese institutions and is used for environmental monitoring with applications in agriculture and disaster management. Uganda is engaged in the East Africa Development Satellite initiative led by the Egyptian Space Agency for climate change monitoring. An inter-ministerial taskforce is developing a National Aerospace Strategy and roadmap aligned with international space law. Establishment of a national space agency is a stated government objective. Uganda participates in multiple UNOOSA capacity-building programmes. Makerere University hosts space science and remote sensing research. Uganda collaborates with Kenya and Egypt under the EAC space cooperation framework, and its equatorial location is cited as a geographic asset for future ground station and launch infrastructure.
International Collaborations
Active and high-signal collaboration records currently captured for this country.
Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies
+104
African Development Satellite Training Programme
+6
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Land Degradation an Wetlands Monitoring and Assessment in Eastern Africa
+5
Monitoring Natural Resources and Food Security in Eastern Africa
African Group on Earth Observations
+31
Satellites
On-orbit footprint for Uganda. Expand below for the full satellite history.
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