Day: January 3, 2025

In an email to subscribers, Starlink announced plans to implement a revised pricing structure. This move follows an earlier attempt to adjust tariffs on October 1, 2024, which faced significant backlash and regulatory scrutiny from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Prior Regulatory Challenge  The NCC had raised concerns over Starlink’s unilateral decision to increase subscription …

Starlink Resumes Major Price Restructuring in Nigeria After Regulatory Reset. Read More »

On December 6, 2024, the Algerian Space Agency (ASAL) and the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) formalised a significant partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at advancing cooperation in space science and technology. The signing ceremony, a highlight of the state visit by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to Algeria, was co-chaired …

Algeria and South Africa Strengthen Space Collaboration with New MoU. Read More »

On New Year’s Day, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home more good news about its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun. On Wednesday (Jan. 1), mission control at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland began receiving the Parker Solar Probe’s first telemetry — or housekeeping data — …

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Beams Home 1st Detailed Update After Record-Breaking Approach To The Sun. Read More »

Kenya Space Agency (KSA) officials in Nairobia, Kenya, East Africa, are reporting that on Dec. 30 a large metallic ring roughly 8 feet (2.5 meters) in diameter and weighing some 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms) fell from the sky, reportedly “red-hot” and crashed into Mukuku village, in Makueni county – in the country’s south. Investigators think …

Space Debris Crash In Kenya Village Believe To Be From Leftover Rocket Hardware. Read More »