Ethiopians are looking forward to Friday, December 20, as the country launches its first satellite, the ET-RSS1, into space. It is a 70kg MultiSpectral Remote Sensing Satellite, tested and set to be shot to space at 700km above earth’s surface. A Twitter account dedicated to the launch, the Ethiopia Remote Sensing Satellite, ETRSS, said For …
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Between January 13 and 23, the Egyptian Space Agency EgSA hosted a training programme under the African Development Satellite Initiative AfDev-Sat. This initiative brought together 21 engineers and specialists from 20 African nations, marking a significant milestone in strengthening indigenous satellite development capabilities across the continent. Titled Basic Space Technology and Satellite Systems Workshop, the …
On May 14, 1973, NASA launched Skylab, the first American space station. Skylab orbited Earth for six years and supported three crewed missions during which astronauts conducted hundreds of science experiments. Skylab was considered a success overall, but it got off to a pretty rocky start. It lifted off on a Saturn V rocket from …
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President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt and Kenya’s President, William Ruto, reaffirmed the strong ties between the two countries by signing a Joint Declaration for a Strategic and Comprehensive Partnership. As part of this strengthened cooperation, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Kenyan Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU between …
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South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope has discovered a new giant radio galaxy, nicknamed ‘Inkathazo, meaning trouble in Xhosa and Zulu languages, due to the difficulty in understanding the physics behind this discovery. The cosmic megastructure measures 3.3 million light-years, which is 32 times the size of our Milky Way galaxy and is 1.44 billion light-years away …
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Eutelsat Group and InterSAT have announced an expansion of their long-standing partnership through a new multi-year agreement that secures additional Ku-band capacity on the EUTELSAT 7C satellite. The renewed collaboration aims to enhance fixed data services across Central and Eastern Africa, addressing growing demand for reliable, high throughput connectivity in underserved and remote regions. Alongside …
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California on Monday night May 12, on the first leg of a spaceflight doubleheader. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 26 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on California’s central coast Monday at 9:15 p.m. EDT (6:15 p.m. local California time; …
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Satlyt, a US-based company, has officially signed a partnership with the Kenya Space Agency to advance its mission of developing a decentralised space computing platform, aimed at transforming the processing and utilisation of satellite data. The agreement was formalised on April 24, 2025, on the sidelines of the 2025 NewSpace Africa Conference in Cairo, Egypt. …
In an email to subscribers, Starlink has announced a fresh round of price adjustments for its residential internet service in Nigeria. The monthly subscription fee is set to increase from NGN 38,000 (USD 23.70) to NGN 57,000 (USD 35.57), a 50% increase. The price of the standard hardware kit remains at NGN 590,000 (USD 368.07), …
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ASTRO GATE, AfriOrbit Ltd, and Hayes Group International have signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding MoU with the shared goal of jointly promoting the development of a commercial spaceport in Kenya. The MoU sets out a framework for cooperation across several key areas. It includes identifying and evaluating potential spaceport sites within Kenya and engaging …
