Ghana Space News

CubeSpace Acquires Dawn Dusk to Provide Superior Control Systems Solutions.

CubeSpace, a leading satellite component manufacturer, has announced its acquisition of Dawn Dusk, a satellite simulation software company. This strategic move integrates Dawn Dusk’s advanced satellite simulator with CubeSpace’s offerings, enhancing services for CubeSpace’s growing customer base...

SpaceX Launches 23 Starlink Satellites To Orbit From Florida.

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink satellites to orbit early Friday (Aug. 2), continuing the company’s bounceback from a July 11 failure. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink craft lifted off from NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday at 1:01 a.m. EDT (0501...

SpaceX To Resume Astronaut Launches On Aug. 18 With Crew-9 Mission to ISS.

NASA and SpaceX are looking to launch the Crew-9 mission around the middle of this month. Crew-9, SpaceX‘s next astronaut launch to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA, is currently set for Aug. 18. The four astronauts that will be on board are commander Zena Cardman, pilot Nick...

Joint Team from Tanzania and Côte d’Ivoire Wins KiboCUBE’s 8th Round.

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have announced the winners of the 8th round of the KiboCUBE programme. This initiative, part of the United Nations/Japan Cooperation Programme on CubeSat Deployment, will see a joint team...

After ISS: The Private Space Station Era Is Dawning.

There are continual, creaky reminders that the International Space Station is showing its age. Hissy-fit pressure leaks in the Russian segment, loss of attitude control on two separate occasions in 2021. To remain safe and sound for human occupants, the massive structure requires continuous...

Boeing Starliner’s NASA Astronauts Are Not Stranded In Space.

Boeing Starliner’s two astronauts knew to expect the unexpected when they took off on the spacecraft’s first crewed mission on June 5. I learned this back in March, when NASA hosted reporters at the agency’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston for two days. We used four Starliner...

Dark Matter Ghosts Its Way Through Powerful (and messy) Collision Of Galaxy Clusters.

Observing a distant and messy collision between galaxy clusters, astronomers have discovered that dark matter, the most mysterious “stuff” in the universe, passed through the wreckage like a cosmic phantom. The dark matter was detected racing away from the conventional...

Japan’s iSpace Will Fly A Tiny European-Built Lunar Rover To The Moon This Year.

The Luxembourg-based subsidiary of Japanese space exploration firm ispace has finished building a micro lunar rover, which is now set to fly to the moon. The newly assembled rover is soon set to be transported to Japan for integration into ispace’s HAKUTO-R lander. The lander-rover combo is...

SpaceX ‘In Talks’ To Recover Starship Rocket In Australia.

SpaceX reportedly in talks with US, Australian officials to land Starship rocket off Australian coast and recover it in Australian territory US aerospace company SpaceX is reportedly in talks with US and Australian officials over a plan to land a Starship rocket off Australia’s coast, part of a...