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Electronics Systems Laboratory (ESL)

The Electronic Systems Laboratory is a postgraduate research laboratory focusing on autonomous vehicles, housed within the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of Stellenbosch University, South-Africa. It was established in 1991 and served as the development facility for SUNSAT, South Africa’s first operational space satellite. SUNSAT was launched in 1999 and was operated from a ground station within the ESL for two years. The core of the ESL is graduate students, primarily conducting research related to control and automation of aerospace and terrestrial vehicles.

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