SumbandilaSat launch delayed indefinitely

South Africa's SumbandilaSat is still sitting safe in the clean room at Sunspace.

The satellite, which includes an amateur radio payload, was to have been launched from a Russian submarine last year but arrangements went sour when the two defence authorities could not agree on a reciprocal satellite arrangement.

It is understood that the South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs was in Russia this week as part of a technical and scientific cooperation mission and that an alternative launch was likely to have been discussed.

No official comment was available at the time of going to press.

The South African Radio League