Intelsat has introduced a new satellite-based cellular backhaul service platform in Lagos, Nigeria, to expand its services and enhance mobile connectivity in Nigeria and surrounding West African nations. The platform at the Open Access Data Centre (WIOCC) is a significant step toward improving connectivity infrastructure across Nigeria and Africa. This move addresses the persistent challenge …
SpaceX just added another batch of launches to its already-busy manifest. The U.S. Space Force announced on Friday (Oct. 18) that it has awarded SpaceX $733.6 million, in the form of two “National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 Launch Service Task Orders.” Together, the two task orders cover seven launches for the Space …
SpaceX sent yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit tonight (Oct. 18). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 20 Starlink craft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station tonight at 7:31 p.m. EDT (2331 GMT). The Falcon 9’s first stage came back to Earth about …
SpaceX Launches 20 Starlink Internet Satellites From Florida. Read More »
Sierra Space plans to launch a trash compactor to the space station in two years — and some media outlets say the machine looks like Wall-E. An International Space Station (ISS) resupply mission in 2026 will send up the Sierra Space trash compactor for testing, company officials stated in a press release on Wednesday (Oct. …
Like Wall-E, This Lovable Trash Compactor Will Help ISS Astronauts Take Out The Garbage. Read More »
The European Space Agency (ESA) has taken the first big steps toward rendezvousing with an asteroid due to make a close approach to Earth in 2029. ESA signed a contract worth €63 million (about $68 million US at current exchange rates) with OHB Italia at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) here on Thursday (Oct. 17), …
Europe Makes Moves To Rendezvous With Asteroid Apophis In 2029. Read More »
