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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,

Kenya now has access to cutting-edge satellite data for climate monitoring, following its membership in the Space Climate Observatory network. The Kenya Space Agency’s membership, formalised when Brigadier Hillary Kipkosgey signed the SCO Charter during the Living Planet Symposium in Vienna, represents a new chapter in the country’s climate adaptation strategy. The SCO, a global

On June 26, 1954, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics basically pre-1958 NASA moved their headquarters to a brand new facility at Edwards Air Force Base in California. More than 200 employees moved to what they called the High Speed Flight Station. Before the big move, they were cramped inside a small hanger in Edwards’