Galaxy Aerospace Ghana

Kenya experienced a remarkable rise in satellite subscriptions during the 2023/24 financial year, driven by the launch of Starlink Internet Services. Satellite subscriptions grew by 73.1% in the fourth quarter alone, from 4,808 in March to 8,324 in June 2024. Remarkably, the year-over-year growth hit an incredible 1,955.3%, with subscriptions rising from just 405 in …

Starlink Kenya Records Nearly 2000% Increase in Subscriptions Within One Year. Read More »

Europa Clipper has set sail at long last. NASA’s Europa Clipper probe launched today (Oct. 14) atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, kicking off a highly anticipated astrobiology mission to the Jupiter ocean moon Europa. Liftoff, from KSC’s Pad 39A, occurred at 12:06 p.m. EDT (1606 GMT), …

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Launches NASA’s Europa Clipper Probe To Explore Icy Jupiter Ocean Moon. Read More »

The new home of NASA’s retired space shuttle Endeavour has reached new heights, and the California Science Center is celebrating with a “topping off” ceremony. Now just over a year since the science center began stacking the solid rocket boosters that went on to form the world’s only vertical, launchpad-like exhibit of a winged orbiter, …

Signed Steel Beams ‘top off’ L.A. Home For Space Shuttle Endeavour. Read More »

Zambia is set to make a significant stride in space technology by commissioning its ground receiving station, a facility valued at USD 14 million( ZMW 369.75 million). President Hakainde Hichilema will soon preside over the station’s official opening, which is now fully operational in Chibombo District. The facility is a National Remote Sensing Center unit …

President Hichilema to Commission USD 14 Million Ground Receiving Station in Zambia. Read More »

The biggest and most powerful rocket ever built took to the skies again. And this time, it came back. SpaceX launched its 400-foot-tall (122 meters) Starship vehicle for the fifth time ever today (Oct. 13), sending the giant rocket aloft from its Starbase site in South Texas at 8:25 am. EDT (1225 GMT; 7:25 a.m. …

SpaceX Catches Giant Starship Booster With ‘Chopsticks’ On Historic Flight 5 Rocket Launch And Landing. Read More »

Blue Origin postponed the launch debut of its second human-rated spacecraft today (Oct. 13), nearly a week after technical issues thwarted its first launch attempt. Jeff Bezos‘ aerospace company hoped to launch its uncrewed NS-27 mission at 9:27a.m. EDT (1327 GMT) on Sunday to send a brand-new New Shepard rocket-capsule combo on a brief trip …

Blue Origin Delays Debut Launch Of 2nd Human-Rated New Shepard Rocket Due To GPS Glitch. Read More »

SpaceX’s Crew-8 astronauts will have to wait a bit longer to begin their trip home to Earth after plans to depart the International Space Station Sunday morning (Oct. 13) were postponed by bad weather at their splashdown site.. Crew-8’s Dragon capsule, named Endeavour, was scheduled to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) at 7:05 …

SpaceX’s Crew-8 Astronauts To Depart ISS For Trip Home Soon Amid Weather Delays. Read More »

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket a green light to return to flight. The Falcon 9 had been grounded since Sept. 28, when the rocket suffered an issue with its upper stage during the launch of the Crew-9 astronaut mission for NASA. (A Falcon 9 did launch Europe’s …

FAA Clears SpaceX To Resume Falcon 9 Rocket Launches. Read More »

A nearby alien planet is the first of its kind, new observations by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggest. Located around 100 light-years away from Earth, the exoplanet is shrouded in a thick envelope of steam. This world, designated GJ 9827 d, is around twice the size of Earth, three times more massive than our …

Nearby Exoplanet Is A 1st-Of-Its-Kind ‘Steam World,’ James Webb Space Telescope Finds. Read More »

The U.S. military’s X-37B space plane is about to begin a series of novel maneuvers, according to a rare official update on the spacecraft. The robotic X-37B has been in a highly elliptical, undisclosed orbit for 10 months since launching on its seventh mission on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket in late December last year. …

Space Force’s Mysterious X-37B Space Plane To Attempt New ‘Aerobraking’ Maneuvers In Orbit. Read More »