NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are planning to launch the world’s first wooden satellite into space in a bid to make spaceflight more sustainable. LignoSat, a coffee mug-size satellite made from magnolia wood, is set to launch into Earth’s orbit by summer 2024, according to the space agencies. Wood doesn’t burn or …
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The most energetic particles in the universe appear to emerge from sources within the Milky Way, our home galaxy. Cosmic rays are made of subatomic particles, such as protons and electrons, whose energies span a wide spectrum. Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays easily host tens of millions of times more energy than any particle accelerator can generate …
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According to the news release by Kenya’s Ministry of Defense, the Defence Cabinet Secretary, Honourable Aden Duale, along with Kenya’s Ambassador to the Republic of Italy, Ambassador Jackline Yonga, Managing Director of Defence National Security Industries (DNSI) Major General Bernard Waliaula, and the Director General of the Kenya Space Agency (KSA) Brigadier Hillary Kipkosgey, held …
Starship has been cleared for its second-ever liftoff. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today (Nov. 15) that it has granted a license for the second launch of Starship, SpaceX’s next-generation space transportation system. “The FAA has given license authorization for the second launch of the SpaceX Starship Super Heavy vehicle,” agency officials wrote …
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Intelsat and Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) are planning additional operations in Madagascar, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. AMN expects to build over 1,340 rural base stations across the three new markets. Intelsat and Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) have deployed more than 3,000 rural base satellite antennas across several African countries since 2018, thus …
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The 386th IAU Symposium, organised by the collaboration of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and the Ethiopian Space Science and Geospatial Institute (SSGI), as well as the partnership with the Ethiopian Space Science Society, Ministry of Innovation, Ministry of Tourism, African Astronomical Society, African Planetarium Society, East African Regional Astronomical Development Office, the Ontoto Observatory, …
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Starlab, a commercial space station designed to maintain a human presence in low-Earth orbit and operated by Voyager Space and Airbus, has moved a step closer to reality. During the European Space Agency (ESA) summit in Seville, Spain, the two companies along with the ESA signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the Starlab space station. …
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East African Community (EAC) have agreed to collectively invest resources in establishing a jointly-operated satellite to deliver internet services across the region. This decision was reached during the Joint Ministerial meeting of the ICT Infrastructure Development cluster under the Northern Corridor Integration Projects (NCIPs), convened on Thursday, November 9, in Nairobi, Kenya. Eliud Owalo, Kenya’s …
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Using meteorites from Mars, an AI-powered robot chemist synthesized compounds that could be used to generate oxygen from water, scientists announced on Monday (Nov. 13). . Potential future crewed missions to Mars will need oxygen — not just for astronauts to breathe, but also for use as rocket propellant. One key way to make such …
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The Republic of Djibouti has launched its first satellite, Djibouti 1A, today, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base onboard the SpaceX Transporter-9 dedicated SSO rideshare mission. Developed through a joint capacity-building programme between Djibouti and its technical partner, the Centre Spatial Universitaire de Montpellier (CSUM), Djiboutian engineers and technicians in France designed, constructed and tested …
