Being a collaborative effort, this dedicated satellite will be owned by all the member countries. The responsibility to launch and manage the satellite can be entrusted to a specific member country having required technical expertise for the cause. In present circumstances, India and China are front runners for this task. The reason is that India had already launched an indigenous dedicated satellite for education (EDUSAT) and has all the technical and manpower support to manage the Afro-Asian Satellite for Health Education and China has also carried number of advances in satellite technology. .
