Starlink, Space X’s satellite internet service, has announced that the service is officially operational in Liberia. This marks Starlink’s first market entry into Africa in 2025, laying the groundwork for more penetration across the continent. This license comes after the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) signed a one-year licencing agreement with Starlink to increase high-speed Internet …
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigration, H.E. Dr Badr Abdelatty, welcomed H.E. Dr Tidiane Ouattara, the President of the Council of the African Space Agency and Dr Sherif Sedky, the CEO of the Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA), in a meeting to reinforce Egypt’s leadership in regional space initiatives and promote collaboration across Africa. Welcoming …
SpaceX launched another batch of U.S. spy satellites from California’s central coast tonight (Jan. 9). A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight at 10:53 p.m. EST (7:53 p.m. local California time; 0353 GMT on Jan. 10) on the NROL-153 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). NROL-153 was the …
SpaceX Launches 7th Batch Of Next-Gen Spy Satellites For US Government. Read More »
SpaceX is gearing up for the next test flight of its Starship megarocket, which is just a few days away. The company rolled Starship‘s 165-foot-tall (50-meter-tall) upper stage — known as Starship, or simply “Ship” — out to the launch pad at its Starbase site in South Texas this morning (Jan. 9). SpaceX founder and …
SpaceX Rolls Starship Out To Pad Ahead of Flight 7 Test Launch. Read More »
A private space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos has postponed the planned launch of its new giant rocket. Blue Origin was counting down toward the launch of its first New Glenn heavy-lift rocket at 1:00 a.m. EST (0600 GMT) on Friday (Jan. 10), but rough weather in the Atlantic Ocean — where part of …
Blue Origin Delays 1st New Glenn Rocket Launch Due To Rough Seas For Landing. Read More »
