Cape institution uses space to train students and benefit country at same time

Engineers and researchers at the French South African Institute of Technology at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) are in an advanced stage of developing the institution’s second nanosatellite, designated ZACube-2. “CPUT has used CubeSat programmes to encourage students to train as engineers and even to remain at the institution after graduating,” explains CPUT Electrical Engineering Department Senior Engineer Nyameko Royi. “And we undertake outreach programmes to schools, at which CubeSats are featured.”