Talk:Stellenbosch University/Archive 1

Archive 1

First University to launch microsat

Surely Stellenbosch was not the first university in the world to launch a microsattelite? --Comlink

I work in the lab where it was designed. I can't find any sources about being the first university (everyone's away for holidays). I'll look into it some more. From newspaper clippings I added "SUNSAT is the first satellite designed and manufactured in Africa and was launched aboard a Delta II rocket in 1999." --Janto 13:52, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

I did some Googling and it seems at least the University Of Colorado had a satellite launched in Feb 1998 which predates SUNSAT's launch. See http://lasp.colorado.edu/snoe/updates.html. I corrected the article. --Janto 14:13, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

The University of Surrey in England has been building satellites since the early 1980's, with their first, UoSat-OSCAR 9 being launched in 1981. In fact Sunsat was based on a Surrey design.

maatjies vs tamaties

I'm more willing to believe that the term Maties come from "maatjies" and not "tamatie". http://tiscali.planet-rugby.com/COUNTRY_BY_COUNTRY/South_Africa/Country_News/story_35922.shtml --Janto

That is certainly what I remember from my time there.Babakathy 14:55, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

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