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Mascom to Offer

Satellite Connectivity

with Q-KON

Mascom, the largest mobile operator in
Botswana, has teamed up with Q-KON Africa
to offer the Twoobii Smart Satellite Service.
The solution will provide connectivity for
communities and businesses in remote
areas, with a particular focus on industries
such as agriculture, mining, telemedicine
and finance. The partnership includes full
turn-key delivery of services throughout
Botswana.

TASL and Satellogic Collaborate on Space Technology

Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL), significant milestone for Satellogic as it TASL is commissioning a satellite AIT plant
India’s leading private sector player for enters the fast-growing Indian market. The at its Vemagal facility in Karnataka, a state
aerospace and defence solutions, and project will commence with comprehensive in southwest India. Sukaran Singh, Chief
Satellogic, a major name in sub-meter training, knowledge transfer, and local Executive Officer and Managing Director,
resolution earth observation (EO) data assembly of optical sub-meter resolution TASL, says: “Space is important to TASL not
collection, have announced a collaboration EO satellites, the first of which is planned to just as a business but also due to its culture
for establishing and developing local be launched as TSAT-1A. The focus will be of precision that will help other activities
space technology capabilities in India. on manufacturing satellites and developing in TASL. We are pleased to announce our
This collaboration is described as a first imagery in India for national defence and collaboration with Satellogic, a company
step in TASL’s satellite strategy and a commercial applications, towards which with best-in-class technology and an
entrepreneurial mindset. Additionally,
TASL will also work with local SMEs for
payloads and other technologies to bolster
India content.” TASL and Satellogic will
collaborate on the development of a new
satellite design and work together to
integrate multiple payloads on a single
satellite that will generate a diverse range
of data over India. “This collaboration will
accelerate space capacity building for one
of the largest nations in the world with
the goal of enabling the advancement
of commercial space capabilities and
greater access to critical information for
a range of applications such as security,
sustainability, and energy,” says Emiliano
Kargieman, Chief Executive Officer and
Founder at Satellogic.

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