SpaceX is set to launch yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Tuesday morning (May 28). A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to loft 23 Starlink spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday during a four-hour window beginning at 7:30 a.m. EDT (1130 GMT)...

Thanks to  the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alamaba already has a reputation for being home to rocketry. The state now has cause to celebrate that fact, as students from Tharptown High School in Russellville, AL created a rocket that won the top spot in the world’s largest...

Yahsat has signed an MoU for a multi-year deal to leverage capacity on Eutelsat Group‘s Konnect satellite across multiple African and Middle East nations. Under the deal announced Wednesday, Yahsat will have exclusive rights to Konnect capacity over Ethiopia, one of the fastest-growing African...

Key Highlights Starlink secures regulatory approval in Zimbabwe IMC Communications becomes the sole and exclusive local partner According to the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, he has authorised the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) approval of...

The President of Nigeria, his Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has appointed Dr Mathew Adepoju as the new Director General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), following an almost three-year stint by Dr Halilu Ahmad Shaba as the CEO of the agency between 2021 and May 2024...

Key Highlights USPACE Technology Group Limited has signed a mutually beneficial strategic partnership agreement with the Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA). This collaboration will span various areas, including focusing on both parties’ technological capabilities and market presence. USPACE Technology...

Black holes are some of the most enigmatic objects in the universe, capable of deforming the fabric of space around them so violently that not even light can escape their gravitational grip. But it turns out, much of what scientists know about these mysterious objects could be wrong. According to...

The Board of Directors of the Regional African Satellite Communications Organisation (RASCOM) has confirmed Timothy Adi Ashong as its Director-General. His confirmation occurred on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at the 74th Assembly of the RASCOM Board of Directors held in Cameroon. RASCOM is a Pan-African...

Rocket Lab launched a small Earth-observation satellite for NASA early this morning (May 25). An Electron rocket lifted off from Rocket Lab‘s New Zealand site today at 3:41 a.m. EDT (0741 GMT; 7:41 p.m. local New Zealand time), carrying the first of two cubesats for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar...