Ghana Space News

SpaceX Launching 21 Starlink Satellites From Florida This Morning.

SpaceX plans to launch another set of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast this morning (Jan. 13). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink craft, including 13 with direct to cell capabilities, is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today during a...

Blue Origin Scrubs 1st New Glenn Rocket Launch Due To Technical Issue.

We’ll have to wait a bit longer to see Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket lift off for the first time. Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, aimed to launch its first New Glenn heavy-lift rocket from Florida’s Space Coast this morning (Jan. 13), during a...

World’s 1st Wooden Satellite Deploys From ISS To Demonstrate Cleaner Spacecraft Tech.

An experimental satellite made of wood has been deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) to test how the renewable, sustainable material withstands the harsh orbital environment. The satellite, designed and built by Kyoto University and Japanese wood processing company Sumitomo Forestry...

Smart Robot Helps Out Astronauts On China’s Tiangong Space Station.

Astronauts aboard China’s Tiangong space station have been getting some assistance from an “intelligent” robot. Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze — the crew of the current Shenzhou 19 mission aboard Tiangong — have been working alongside a robot named Xiao Hang (“Little...

Watch Blue Origin Launch Its 1st New Glenn Rocket Early Monday In A free Livestream.

Blue Origin plans to launch the debut mission of its powerful New Glenn rocket no earlier than early Monday (Jan. 13) after a delay, and you can watch the action live. New Glenn is scheduled to lift off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Monday’s wee hours during a...

SpaceX Assembles The World’s Largest Rocket For Starship Flight 7 Test Launch.

SpaceX’s next Starship to fly is all dressed up for launch. On Friday (Jan. 10), SpaceX successfully stacked its Starship spacecraft atop a giant Super Heavy booster to prepare for the next launch of the world’s largest rocket next week. Liftoff is set for 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT) on Monday...

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launches Starlink Satellites On Record-Breaking 25th Flight.

SpaceX continues to extend its rocket-reuse record. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 of the company’s Starlink broadband satellites, including 13 with direct to cell capabilities, launched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today (Jan. 10) at 2:11 p.m. EST (1911 GMT). It was...

Starlink Goes Live in Liberia.

Starlink, Space X’s satellite internet service, has announced that the service is officially operational in Liberia. This marks Starlink’s first market entry into Africa in 2025, laying the groundwork for more penetration across the continent. This license comes after the Liberia Telecommunications...

Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigration Hosts the President of the African Space Council.

Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigration, H.E. Dr Badr Abdelatty, welcomed H.E. Dr Tidiane Ouattara, the President of the Council of the African Space Agency and Dr Sherif Sedky, the CEO of the Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA), in a meeting to reinforce Egypt’s leadership in regional space...