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A study was conducted into Sudan and South Sudan to uncover their space reach. Research into both of the countries showed that Sudan was ahead of South Sudan in terms of education, natural resources and space technology. This is attributed to the fact that Sudan, prior to 2011, suffered two civil wars. Sudan split, in 2011, into two different nations resulted in an economic disparity between the two countries. Sudan has managed to build and launch a CubeSat, and they have notable relations to space-faring nations and organisations. South Sudan, on the other hand, is yet to put forth a notable space application. Even though Sudan is better developed in an array of areas, both Sudan and South Sudan have not ratified or signed any international space treaties to date.

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  1. 1.

    Bachir, S. (2017). African Space Policy and Strategy.

  2. 2.

    Ibid.

  3. 3.

    En.wikipedia.org. (2019). First Sudanese Civil War. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Sudanese_Civil_War [Accessed 19 Feb. 2019].

  4. 4.

    The Enough Project. (2017). South Sudan—The Enough Project. [online] Available at: https://enoughproject.org/conflicts/south-sudan [Accessed 19 Feb. 2019].

  5. 5.

    Ibid.

  6. 6.

    Ibid.

  7. 7.

    Sudan South. (2015). Intl Business Pubns USA, p. 72.

  8. 8.

    Refworld.org. (2005). THE INTERIM NATIONAL CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE SUDAN, 2005. [online] Available at: https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/4ba749762.pdf [Accessed 19 Feb. 2019].

  9. 9.

    Hardinger M. 2015 Investment Climate Statement—South Sudan [Internet]. U.S. Department of State. 2014 [cited 18 February 2019]. Available from: https://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/othr/ics/2015/241746.htm.

  10. 10.

    Metz, H. (1991). Sudan: A Country Study. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division.

  11. 11.

    Hardinger M. 2015 Investment Climate Statement—South Sudan [Internet]. U.S. Department of State. 2014 [cited 18 February 2019]. Available from: https://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/othr/ics/2015/241746.htm.

  12. 12.

    Sudan Infrastructure, power, and communications [Internet]. Nationsencyclopedia.com. [cited 18 February 2019]. Available from: https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Africa/Sudan-INFRASTRUCTURE-POWER-AND-COMMUNICATIONS.html.

  13. 13.

    Ibid.

  14. 14.

    Malik, N. (2017). Sudan Is Open for Business—For Now. [online] Foreign Policy. Available at: https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/07/sudan-is-open-for-business-for-now/ [Accessed 18 Feb. 2019].

  15. 15.

    Hardinger M. 2015 Investment Climate Statement—South Sudan [Internet]. U.S. Department of State. 2014 [cited 18 February 2019]. Available from: https://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/othr/ics/2015/241746.htm.

  16. 16.

    Ibid.

  17. 17.

    Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (2018). Status of International Agreements relating to activities in outer space as at 1 January 2018. Legal Subcommittee Fifty-seventh session. [online] Vienna: United Nations, pp. 8, 9. Available at: http://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/spacelaw/treatystatus/AC105_C2_2018_CRP03E.pdf [Accessed 18 Feb. 2019].

  18. 18.

    Smith, D. (2012). Sudan wants Africa to reach for the stars. [online] The M&G Online. Available at: https://mg.co.za/article/2012-09-13-sudan-wants-africa-to-reach-for-the-stars [Accessed 19 Feb. 2019].

  19. 19.

    Satsentinel.org. (n.d.). Our Story | Satellite Sentinel Project. [online] Available at: http://satsentinel.org/our-story [Accessed 19 Feb. 2019].

  20. 20.

    Satsentinel.org. (n.d.). Home | Satellite Sentinel Project. [online] Available at: http://www.satsentinel.org/ [Accessed 19 Feb. 2019].

  21. 21.

    Digitalglobe.com. (2019). DigitalGlobe—See a Better World With High-Resolution Satellite Imagery. [online] Available at: https://www.digitalglobe.com/ [Accessed 19 Feb. 2019].

  22. 22.

    Satsentinel.org. (n.d.). Our Story | Satellite Sentinel Project. [online] Available at: http://satsentinel.org/our-story [Accessed 19 Feb. 2019].

  23. 23.

    Digitalglobe.com. (2019). DigitalGlobe—See a Better World With High-Resolution Satellite Imagery. [online] Available at: https://www.digitalglobe.com/ [Accessed 19 Feb. 2019].

  24. 24.

    Satsentinel.org. (n.d.). Our Story | Satellite Sentinel Project. [online] Available at: http://satsentinel.org/our-story [Accessed 19 Feb. 2019].

  25. 25.

    Digitalglobe.com. (2019). DigitalGlobe—See a Better World With High-Resolution Satellite Imagery. [online] Available at: https://www.digitalglobe.com/ [Accessed 19 Feb. 2019].

  26. 26.

    Satsentinel.org. (n.d.). Our Story | Satellite Sentinel Project. [online] Available at: http://satsentinel.org/our-story [Accessed 19 Feb. 2019].

  27. 27.

    Hamid, A. (2017). Sudanese Remote Sensing Authority (RSA). [online] UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal. Available at: http://www.un-spider.org/links-and-resources/institutions/sudanese-remote-sensing-authority-rsa [Accessed 19 Feb. 2019].

  28. 28.

    Ibid.

  29. 29.

    General Organization of Remote Sensing (n.d.). A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE GENERAL ORGANIZATION OF REMOTE SENSING AND ITS ACTIVITIES. [online] Damascus, pp. 157–159. Available at: http://www.isprs.org/proceedings/XXIX/congress/part6/157_XXIX-part6.pdf [Accessed 19 Feb. 2019].

  30. 30.

    En.wikipedia.org. (2019). Member states of the Arab League. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Arab_League [Accessed 19 Feb. 2019].

  31. 31.

    Heck, J. (2012). KN-SAT1 Prototype Subsystems Design and Testing. [online] AMSAT-UK. Available at: https://amsat-uk.org/2012/11/20/kn-sat1-prototype-subsystems-design-and-testing/#more-11550 [Accessed 18 Feb. 2019].

  32. 32.

    Krebs, G. (n.d.). KN-Sat 1. [online] Space.skyrocket.de. Available at: https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/kn-sat-1.htm [Accessed 19 Feb. 2019].

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Ojur, B. (2019). Sudan and South Sudan. In: Froehlich, A. (eds) Integrated Space for African Society. Southern Space Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05980-4_15

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