Uganda-Space-Community/usc-website-draft

# Uganda Space Community Platform A professional institutional website for Uganda's space ecosystem — connecting researchers, students, engineers, policymakers, and organizations across the country. It is the national hub for space news, events, learning resources, community networking, and live sky data — all in one place. ## What the Platform Is For The USC platform is the digital home of Uganda's space ecosystem. Anyone with an interest in space — from school students to policymakers — can use it to discover, learn, connect, and contribute. | Audience | What they can do here | |----------|------------------------| | **Students & enthusiasts** | Follow launches and night-sky events (ISS flyovers over Kampala, eclipses, meteor showers), browse the knowledge base, join community events | | **Researchers & academics** | Share and discover papers, datasets, and course material; connect with peers via member profiles, interests, and affiliations | | **Engineers & startups** | Find programmes, projects, and opportunities; get their work seen by the national community | | **Policymakers & agencies** | Track ecosystem activity through the events calendar, updates feed, and published policies | | **Organizations** | Maintain a public profile, list events and programmes, and reach the community | | **Community organizers** | Promote events on the calendar and share announcements on the updates feed | | **Curators & admins** | Approve community submissions, manage content, moderate users, and audit changes | ### Key capabilities - **Live space data** — NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day, upcoming global launches, space news (region-prioritized: Uganda first), ISS flyover predictions for Kampala, and curated night-sky events (eclipses, meteor showers, oppositions) - **Events calendar** — month / week / year views covering community events, cosmic events, holidays, deadlines, launches, and night-sky observations, with category filters - **Knowledge base** — curated papers …