Country dossier · ZWE
Zimbabwe
Nascent native capability
A sourced snapshot of Zimbabwe'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.
Open Zimbabwe in the interactive workspace →Capability tier
Nascent native capability
Launches to orbit from its own territory: noLaunch sites on record: 0Nationals who have flown: 0
Space agency
Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZINGSA)
National space agency · established 2018
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
Space budget
No published space budget indexed for this country.
National strategy
Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency Strategic Plan (2020)
ZINGSA strategic plan covering the ZimSat CubeSat series, EO services and GIS coordination
International space law
| Instrument | Status |
|---|---|
| Outer Space Treaty 1967 | Not a party |
| 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.
Source: Space in Africa, ZINGSA's Coordinator Painos Gweme Reports Progress on ZimSat-1 (2023)
Milestones
- 2018Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZINGSA) established
Notable missions and contributions
- ZimSat-1 (Zimbabwe's first satellite; launched 7 Nov 2022 under the BIRDS-5 programme coordinated by Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
- ZimSat-2 (launched 5 Nov 2024 from Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia, on a Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat rideshare via GK Launch Services; built with Southwest State University (SWSU), Kursk; carries an 8m-resolution multispectral camera for agriculture and mineral mapping)
- Mazowe Ground Station upgrade