Day: July 10, 2025

On July 10, 1962, the communications satellite Telstar 1 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission to beam live television from Europe to the United States. This was the first privately sponsored space-faring mission. Two days after the launch, Telstar 1 transmitted the world’s first transatlantic television signal. This demonstrated that transmitting information …

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South Africa’s growing space sector took another significant leap forward during the recent SpaceX Transporter-14 rideshare mission, with six local companies collectively supplying 116 products to the global launch. Simera Sense, Dragonfly Aerospace, CubeSpace, CubeCom, NewSpace Systems and Chromar Technology collectively delivered a diverse range of imaging payloads, satellite subsystems, and high-reliability components, further solidifying …

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On July 8, 2011, the space shuttle Atlantis launched on its final mission. Atlantis was the last of NASA’s space shuttles to fly into space. It went on 33 missions since 1985, ferrying astronauts to and from space stations, and even doing some top secret missions for the U.S. military. Mission STS 135 and its …

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