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'{{Short description|Government Organization}} {{Infobox organization/Wikidata |fetchwikidata=ALL }} The '''Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute''' (ESSTI) is an [[Ethiopia]]n institute for research, training and infrastructure development in [[Outline of space science|space science]], since 2016.<ref name="MInT_accountable_institutions" /><ref name="AyerBayer_ESSTI_founded_2016" /> ==Creation== The [[Ethiopian Space Science Society]] (ESSS) was created as a citizens' association in 2004. ESSS helped to organise the creation of [[Entoto Observatory]] in 2014 and of the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute in 2016.<ref name="Povic_astro_Africa_ET" /> ESSTI was formally established by the [[Council of Ministers of Hailemariam Desalegn|Hailemariam Desalegn Cabinet]], under regulation No. 916/2015.<ref name="MInT_accountable_institutions" /> ==Aims== ESSTI was mandated to carry out research and training in [[Outline of space science|space science]] and to develop and encourage space science and [[Outline of aerospace|aerospace]] development and infrastructure in Ethiopia.<ref name="MInT_accountable_institutions" /> ==Leadership and structure== Abdissa Yilma is ESSTI's general director since 2021.<ref name="ESSTI_About" /> {{As of|2020|12}}, Yeshurun Alemayehu(PhD) is ESSTI's deputy general director.<ref name="F2FAfrica_ET_2nd_satellite" /> Together with the creation of ESSTI, the ''Space Council'' was created to oversee Ethiopian space science policies and the implementation of ESSTI proposals.<ref name="AyerBayer_ESSTI_founded_2016" /> ==Satellite launches== ESSTI's first satellite, ETRSS-1, is a 72 kg remote sensing [[small satellite#Microsatellites|microsatellite]], co-designed by Ethiopian and Chinese engineers and launched in December 2019.<ref name="F2FAfrica_ET_2nd_satellite" /> ESSTI's second satellite, ET-SMART-RSS, an 8.9 kg [[small satellite#Nanosatellites|nanosatellite]], also designed and built in Ethiopian–Chinese collaboration, was launched from [[Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site]] on 22 December 2020.<ref name="F2FAfrica_ET_2nd_satellite" /><ref name="Borkena_2nd_satellite" /> ==Research and teaching== Research and teaching departments in ESSTI include the Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Department, with research in fields including [[extragalactic astronomy]],<ref name="Povic_astro_ET_AGNs" /> [[stellar astronomy]], [[cultural astronomy]] and [[cosmology]].<ref name="Povic_astro_Africa_ET" /> {{As of|2021|02}}, the department had graduated 11 master's students and 5 doctoral students.<ref name="Povic_astro_Africa_ET" /><ref name="ESSTI_EORC_about" /> [[Mirjana Pović]], an assistant professor of the department and head of the department from 2018 to 2020, was awarded the inaugural ''[[Jocelyn Bell Burnell]] Inspiration Medal'' in 2021 by the [[European Astronomical Society]] for her contributions to the development of "astronomy, science and education as a route out of poverty and to improve the quality of life for young people in Africa."<ref name="EAS_BellBurnell_medal" /> ==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name="AyerBayer_ESSTI_founded_2016">{{cite news | author1=Aby | title=Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute Vacancy | date=2020-02-11 |newspaper=[[Ayer Bayer]] | url=https://ayerbayer.com/ethiopian-space-science-and-technology-institute-vacancy |access-date=2021-03-03 |archive-url=https://archive.today/1efjf |archive-date= 2021-03-02 |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="MInT_accountable_institutions">{{cite web | title= Accountable Institutions | website= [[Ministry of Innovation and Technology (Ethiopia)]] |year = 2021 | url = https://mint.gov.et/accountable-bodies/?lang=en | access-date = 2021-03-03 |archive-url= https://archive.today/PqtEa |archive-date= 2021-03-02 |url-status=live }}</ref> Abdissa Yilma <ref name="ESSTI_About">{{cite web | title= About | website= Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute |year = 2021 | url = https://etssti.org/about | access-date = 2021-03-03 |archive-url= https://archive.today/9hSHP |archive-date= 2021-03-03 |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="Borkena_2nd_satellite">{{cite news | title= Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute says second shuttle launched | date= 2020-12-22 |newspaper= [[Borkena]] | url= https://borkena.com/2020/12/22/ethiopian-space-science-and-technology-institute-says-second-satellite-launched |access-date=2021-03-03 |archive-url= https://archive.today/TVCeo |archive-date= 2021-03-02 |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="F2FAfrica_ET_2nd_satellite">{{cite news | last1= Akhalbey | first1= Francis | title= Ethiopia successfully launches second satellite into space, with help from China again | date= 2020-12-24 |newspaper= [[Face2Face Africa]] | url= https://face2faceafrica.com/article/ethiopia-successfully-launches-second-satellite-into-space-with-help-from-china-again |access-date=2021-03-03 |archive-url= https://archive.today/0CNax |archive-date= 2021-03-02 |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="ESSTI_EORC_about">{{cite web | title= EORC – Entoto Observatory and Research Center | website= Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute |year = 2021 | url = https://etssti.org/wp | access-date = 2021-03-03 |archive-url= https://archive.today/bcXsu |archive-date= 2021-03-03 |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="Povic_astro_ET_AGNs">{{cite book | last1 = Pović | first1 = Mirjana | author1-link =Mirjana Pović |editor1-first=Mirjana |editor1-last=Pović |editor1-link=Mirjana Pović |editor2-first=Paola |editor2-last=Marziani |editor2-link=Paola Marziani {{void|4 more editors}} | title = Nuclear Activity in Galaxies Across Cosmic Time (IAU S356) | chapter = Development in astronomy in Ethiopia and East-Africa through nuclear activity in galaxies | volume = 356 | series = Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and ColloquiaIAU Symposia | pages = 3–8| publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]] | date = 2021 | doi = 10.1017/S174392132000246X | url = https://www.cambridge.org/py/academic/subjects/physics/astrophysics/nuclear-activity-galaxies-across-cosmic-time-iau-s356 | isbn = 9781108492010 | arxiv=2004.12434 | s2cid = 216553026 | access-date = 2021-03-03 }}</ref> <ref name="Povic_astro_Africa_ET">{{cite book | last1 = Pović | first1 = Mirjana | author1-link =Mirjana Pović |editor1-first= |editor1-last= |editor1-link= | title = Education and Heritage in the Era of Big Data in Astronomy (IAU S367) | chapter = Development of astronomy research and education in Africa and Ethiopia | volume = 367 | series = Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and ColloquiaIAU Symposia | pages = | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]] | date = 2022 | url = https://www.cambridge.org/py/academic/subjects/physics/astrophysics/nuclear-activity-galaxies-across-cosmic-time-iau-s356 | isbn = | arxiv=2102.04717 | access-date = 2021-03-03 }} </ref> <ref name="EAS_BellBurnell_medal">{{cite web | title= Jocelyn Bell Burnell Inspiration Medal | website= [[European Astronomical Society]] |year = 2021 | url = https://eas.unige.ch/inspiration_medal.jsp | access-date = 2021-03-03 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210302232517/https://eas.unige.ch//inspiration_medal.jsp |archive-date= 2021-03-02 |url-status=live }}</ref> {{void|templates: <ref name="...">{{cite news | last1= | first1= | last2= | first2= | pages= | language = | title= |trans-title = | date= | publisher= |newspaper= | url= |access-date=20... |archive-url= |archive-date= 20... |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref name="...">{{cite web | last1 = | first1 = | last2= | first2= | authorlink = | coauthors = | language = | title= |trans-title = | work = | publisher = | website= |date = | url = |format = | doi = | access-date = 20... |archive-url= |archive-date= 20... |url-status=live }}</ref> }} }} {{Public-sector space agencies}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Space technology research institutes]] [[Category:Ethiopia]] [[Category:2016 establishments in Ethiopia]]'