Country dossier · UGA
Uganda
Nascent native capability
A sourced snapshot of Uganda's posture in space — capability, institutions, orbital assets, law and people. Every figure carries its primary source; gaps are shown honestly, never filled with invented data.
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Nascent native capability
Launches to orbit from its own territory: noLaunch sites on record: 0Nationals who have flown: 0
Space agency
Aeronautics and Space Science Bureau (under STI Secretariat)
Other space institution · established 2021
Source: audited_dump.json space_capability.agency_name (curated, per-field sourced)
Satellites (owner state)
No operational satellites attributed to this state in GCAT.
Source: GCAT · General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (J. McDowell) · May 2026 snapshot
Ground stations
No principal ground stations indexed for this country yet.
Source: ALL IN SPACE curated ground-station dataset (operator-sourced)
Space budget
No published space budget indexed for this country.
National strategy
Uganda National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (2009)
PearlAfricaSat-1 and the national space programme are run under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation without a standalone strategy
International space law
| Instrument | Status |
|---|---|
| Outer Space Treaty 1967 | Ratified |
| Rescue Agreement 1968 | Not a party |
| Liability Convention 1972 | Not a party |
| Registration Convention 1975 | Not a party |
| Moon Agreement 1979 | Not a party |
| Artemis Accords 2020 | Not a signatory |
Source: Status of international agreements relating to activities in outer space (1 January 2026)
Launch sites
No launch infrastructure.
Source: National launch site roster · ALL IN SPACE compilation
Astronauts
No nationals have flown in space on record.
Milestones
- 2021Aeronautics and Space Science Bureau (under STI Secretariat) established
Notable missions and contributions
- PearlAfricaSat-1 (1U CubeSat, deployed from ISS 2 Dec 2022 via the BIRDS project with Kyushu Institute of Technology; decayed/re-entered in 2023)