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...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found what they say are three of our universe’s earliest galaxies, spotted actively forming when the cosmos was just 400 million to 600 million years old. In the JWST’s images, this galactic trio resembles fuzzy red smudges feeding on...

We may be less than two weeks away from Starship’s next test flight. SpaceX announced today (May 24) that it’s targeting June 5 for the fourth-ever liftoff of Starship, the giant vehicle it’s developing to get people and cargo to the moon, Mars and beyond. That date is written in...

A U.S. Senate committee heard from the head of NASA what the nature of a developmental mission means: sometimes, you need to wait. NASA administrator Bill Nelson, while mindful of what he calls a “space race” with China to establish a sustained presence on the moon, said Thursday (May...