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The Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA) officially launched its experimental satellite, Nexsat-1, using China’s small orbital launch vehicle, Jielong-3 (Smart Dragon-3), from the coast of Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China, on February 3, 2024. Following the successful launch, EgSA confirmed the reception of initial signals from the test satellite through their agency website. […]

Early this year, using T-Mobile’s network, SpaceX successfully sent and received text messages using new Starlink direct-to-cell satellites that deliver broadband connectivity to smartphones anywhere in the world, bypassing traditional infrastructure. While some will consider this an innocuous development, it’s a monumental moment for communication technology and geopolitics alike. In effect, it means the satellite

In a press release by Q-KON, the telecommunication company has announced that following the incorporation of Eutelsat OneWeb LEO satellite connectivity into their Twoobii Smart Satellite Services, the first bank branch of a prominent digital bank has been successfully launched on the service, delivering continuous connectivity that is yielding tremendous benefits for both bank personnel

In a news report by Nyasa Times, Daka Space Technologies Ltd (DST) secured a EUR 10,000 grant from the Royal Academy of Engineering in the United Kingdom (UK) for its groundbreaking project, “Launching the Malawi Space Stars: A space technology awareness campaign to inspire the next generation of space leaders.” The partnership between Daka Space

“The scientific breadth and impact of the survey is quite overwhelming; it’s hard to put into a few words.” The first data released to the public from the eROSITA sky survey comprises an X-ray view of half the sky over Earth, encompassing almost a million high-energy cosmic sources, including over 700,000 supermassive black holes. This

The spacecraft was captured with the ISS robotic arm at 4:59 a.m. EST (0959 GMT). Northrop Grumman’s robotic Cygnus spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) early Thursday morning (Feb. 1), with the rendezvous streamed live. The Cygnus launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday

The mission will fire its main engines in space for the first time on Wednesday (Jan. 31), over two years since leaving Earth. NASA’s asteroid-hopping Lucy mission is finally getting fired up in space for its trip to the never-before-explored Trojan asteroids, which follow Jupiter as it orbits the sun. On Wednesday (Jan. 31), the

Team “pro-exomoon” is back to defend the discovery of the first and only exomoons potentially seen by humanity. Astronomers always knew spotting moons around planets outside the solar system would be no mean feat — but a debate currently raging in planetary science circles shows just how tough detecting these so-called exomoons is going to

Iran launched three satellites simultaneously amid regional conflicts that involve what Western governments say are Iranian-backed militia groups. Iran’s Secretariat of the Government Information Council announced the launch in a statement Monday (Jan. 29). The satellites were launched atop one of the nation’s Simorgh rockets and reached low Earth orbit, with each satellite’s altitude ranging

Recently released James Webb Space Telescope images of 19 distant galaxies shine an entirely new, dynamic and vibrant light on these gorgeous realms. The treasure trove of cosmic portraits taken by this $10 billion telescope reveals highly detailed, and quite breathtaking, face-on views of the spirals as seen from the instrument’s vantage point in space.