Day: April 5, 2025

South Africa Shoots For Space

Government has developed a national satellite strategy that will be presented to cabinet ministers soon. One of the recommendations is that government should acquire and fully own its own geostationary satellite. The department of communications & digital technologies and the department of science, technology & innovation have worked on the proposal together. According to a …

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On This Day In Space April 4, 1968 Apollo 6 Launches Final Uncrewed Saturn V Rocket Test Flight

On April 4, 1968, NASA launched the final uncrewed test flight of its Saturn V rocket. The Apollo 6 mission demonstrated that the Saturn V rocket and Apollo spacecraft were ready to send astronauts into space. On top of the rocket was the Apollo Command and Service Module and a boilerplate version of the Lunar …

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Satellite Contributes Only 0.2% To Nigeria’s Internet Connectivity NCC

Austin Nwaulune, the Director of Spectrum Administration at Nigeria Communications Commission NCC has disclosed that the satellite capacity is contributing only 0.2% to Nigeria’s internet connectivity, according to Space in Africa. Nwaulune was speaking on a panel at the virtual Nigeria Com 2020, an annual event for accelerating Nigeria’s digital economy. The panel session was …

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NewSpace Africa Conference To Be Held In April 2025

The fourth edition of the NewSpace Africa Conference will be held from April 21 to 24, 2025 at the Egypt Space City, Cairo, Egypt. The conference is being organised by Space in Africa, in collaboration with the African Space Agency and the Egyptian Space Agency. The conference was announced at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) …

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