Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
SumbandilaSat (formerly ZASAT-002 AMSAT designation SO-67) is a South African micro earth observation satellite launched 2009-09-17 on a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The first part of the name Sumbandila is from the Venda language and means lead the way.The University of Stellenbosch SunSpace and the CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) were key players in constructing SumbandilaSat.