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On July 3, 1998, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA) launched the Nozomi spacecraft on a mission to Mars. Nozomi (のぞみ) is Japanese for “Wish” or “Hope.” This would be the country’s first probe to go to another planet. Nozomi was supposed to arrive at Mars in Oct. of 1999, but an electrical malfunction left it […]

On July 2, 1985, the European Space Agency launched the Giotto space probe to get a close-up look at Halley’s Comet. Nearly nine months after launch, on March 14, 1986, Giotto became the first spacecraft to observe of a comet up close when it flew by Halley’s Comet. It came within 370 miles of the

Starlink, SpaceX’s low-Earth orbit satellite internet constellation, has officially commenced operations in Chad following confirmation from Starlink officials and verification through the company’s official availability map. The launch represents another significant milestone in the platform’s rapid expansion across the African continent. The service activation follows Chad’s approval of Starlink’s operating license, making the Central African

Paratus Group, a leading pan African telecommunications provider and authorised reseller of Starlink, has launched Paratus EduLINK, a connectivity initiative designed to equip schools in remote and underserved regions with reliable, high-speed internet. With the campaign message Empowering Education, Anywhere, the programme is positioned to make digital learning accessible to more learners across the continent,

Starlink, the satellite internet division of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is reportedly willing to invest ZAR 2 billion (USD 113 million) in South Africa, provided it secures a license to operate in the country. This potential investment would focus on developing a network of earth stations and data centres, including infrastructure to connect approximately 5,000 police

The Somali Civil Aviation Authority SCAA has launched a new, state of the art satellite-based weather monitoring and forecasting system, marking a significant milestone in the country’s meteorological and aviation infrastructure. The upgraded system replaces a decade-old platform and introduces cutting edge tools including the Meteosat Third Generation MTG satellite system, a PUMA 2025 workstation,

On June 30, 1908, a giant fireball exploded over the forests of Tunguska in Siberia. The impact leveled hundreds of miles of forest, and the exact cause is a bit of a mystery. At the time of the explosion, it was too difficult to reach this remote part of Siberia to look for clues about

Starlink Internet Services Kenya recorded a 10.86% decline in subscriptions, falling from 19,146 users in December 2024 to 17,066 by March 2025, according to the latest figures from the Communications Authority of Kenya. The drop follows an eight-month pause on new customer activations, implemented by Starlink to address network capacity constraints amid heightened demand. This

On June 29, 1971, a Soviet space mission ended in tragedy when three Russian cosmonauts were found dead inside their spacecraft after returning to Earth. Inside the Soyuz 11 space capsule were cosmonauts Vladislav Nikolayevich, Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev, and Georgi Timofeyevich Dobrovolskiy. They were the only crew to ever board the world’s first space station,