What is "uhuru"

Uhuru was the first satellite launched specifically for the purpose of X-ray astronomy. It was also known as the X-ray Explorer Satellite, SAS-A (for "Small Astronomy Satellite" A, being first of the three-spacecraft SAS series), SAS 1, or Explorer 42. The observatory was launched on December 12, 1970 into an initial orbit of about 560 km apogee, 520 km perigee, 3 degrees inclination, with a period of 96 minutes. The mission ended in March 1973. Uhuru was a scanning mission, with a spin period of ~12 minutes. It performed the first comprehensive survey of the entire sky for X-ray sources, with a sensitivity of about 0.001 times the intensity of the Crab nebula.

Uhuru is a Swahili word meaning freedom in English.

Uhuru may refer to:

• , a Lake Victoria ferry in East Africa

• Uhuru, a name given to one of the 60 class locomotives of East African Railways
• Uhuru (satellite), the first satellite launched specifically for the purpose of X-ray astronomy
• Uhuru (Tanzanian ward), a ward in Tanzania
• Uhuru (album), a 1992 album by Osibisa
• Uhuru (music group), a South African music group
• Uhuru (novel), a 1962 novel by American author Robert Ruark
• Uhuru (record label), a record label set up in 1971 by Roy Cousins
• Uhuru (wholefoods shop), an early Third World importing enterprise in Oxford
• Uhuru Design, a Brooklyn-based design and build sustainable furniture company
• Uhuru Hamiter (born 1973), American football player
• Uhuru Kenyatta (born 1961), Kenyan politician
• Uhuru Mobile, a mobile operating system
• Uhuru Movement, a black power movement in the United States
• Uhuru Park in Nairobi, Kenya
• Uhuru Peak on Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest point in Africa
• Uhuru Torch, a national symbol of Tanzania

Uhuru is an administrative ward in the Dodoma Urban district of the Dodoma Region of Tanzania. According to the 2002 census, the ward has a total population of 4,044.

Uhuru Wholefoods is a shop in Cowley Road, Oxford, UK, that was founded in 1974.

Uhuru is a bootleg version of the album Welcome Home (1975) by British Afro-pop band Osibisa, released without authorisation in 1992 by Soundwings Records (MC-102.1076-2) and distributed by Serenade S.A., Barcelona, Spain. The CD duplicates the Welcome Home album (in poorer fidelity) with the addition of one track from Osibisa's live video.

Uhuru ( Swahili: freedom) is best known for producing the hit single by Mafikizolo titled " Khona". Uhuru, alongside Themba Sekowe (Maphorisa), Nqobile Mahlanu (Mapiano), Sihle Dlalisisa (DJ Clap) and Xelimpilo Simelane (Xeli), is signed to Kalawa Jazmee.