PALAPYE: Botswana’s highly anticipated inaugural satellite BotswanaSat-1 (BOTSAT-1) will be launched by billionaire Elon Musk’s company SpaceX. Musk is also the founder of Tesla (manufacturer of electric cars) and most recently acquired Twitter and rebranded it to X. SpaceX, which will launch BOTSAT-1, is the maker of Starship and known for its International Space Station missions.