Ghana Space News
On July 7, 1961, the U.S. Air Force launched a satellite called Discoverer 26 into orbit with a classified payload. It lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 4:29 p.m. local time (2329 GMT). Discoverer 26 was part of a series of reconnaissance or spy satellites whose missions...
On July 6, 1938, an American astronomer named Seth Barnes Nicholson discovered Jupiter’s moon Lysithea. Nicholson spotted Lysithea from Mount Wilson Observatory in California, where he had previously discovered three more Jovian moons. This was the tenth moon astronomers had found at Jupiter...
Zimbabwe’s satellite internet sector is undergoing a significant shift, largely driven by the arrival of Starlink, the Low Earth Orbit LEO satellite internet provider operated by SpaceX. According to the latest subscriber statistics by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...