# Zipline Platform 1 (Zip) at Rwanda: deployment

Canonical ID: `61d7f3f3-35f9-429f-a196-1bca31971cbb`

Zipline's original national medical-delivery network (blood, vaccines, medicines), launched in Rwanda in 2016; the foundation of its more than two million commercial deliveries.

## Key facts

- **Operator:** Government of Rwanda health system (Zipline operates)
- **Since:** 2016 (Platform 1 fixed-wing)

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-05-31_

- **Slug:** zipline-rwanda-medical-delivery
- **Status:** active
- **Model:** [Zipline Platform 1 (Zip)](/models/zipline-platform-1.md) (id: `a1424897-4da8-4031-bbda-5ee19a635d15`)
- **Company:** [Zipline](/companies/zipline.md) (id: `42d14bb5-bff5-4976-a287-882a60bfe765`)
- **Location:** [Rwanda](/locations/rwanda.md) (id: `2eaf945f-7821-4bc6-ac3e-a8c52e42134b`)
- **First seen:** 2016-10-01T12:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (2)

1. https://spectrum.ieee.org/in-the-air-with-ziplines-medical-delivery-drones
2. https://fortune.com/2023/03/22/zipline-ceo-keller-rinaudo-cliffton-logistics-health-care-farmers-walmart/

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