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Maybe my comment should have been more clear. I don’t think it’s surprising or bad that they don’t have their own launch vehicle, I just found the headline a bi
by echoangle 2y ago
Maybe my comment should have been more clear. I don’t think it’s surprising or bad that they don’t have their own launch vehicle, I just found the headline a bit misleading because it could sound that way. It’s still a great achievement.
- hnuser123456 2y agoI get what you're saying, something like "Botswana successfully begins orbital operations of its first satellite" would be more accurate, but simply not clickbaity enough.
- KennyBlanken 2y agoIt's standard language used by the press. As explained further up the comment chain, very few nations have the capability to even put a satellite into orbit. The notability is that they have a satellite up for their purposes; they're not trying to claim that they did the launch themselves. If this were some random corporation, none of you wouldn't have blinked an eyelid at a title like "Megacorp successfully launches first satellite" when all but 3-4 companies in the world rely on someone else to do the launch. There's more hair-splitting going on here than in a hair salon.