CubeSpace ADCS, a South African spacecraft component manufacturer focusing on designing and manufacturing control systems and spacecraft attitude determination, has raised ZAR 47 million in venture capital funding to expand its operations into international markets, Engineering News reports. The...

SpaceX postponed the launch of a private moon lander built by Intuitive Machines late Tuesday (Feb. 13) due to a temperature issue with the spacecraft’s liquid methane fuel. The Odysseus moon lander was originally scheduled to launch toward the moon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in the...

According to the French media, La Tribune, Morocco signed an agreement with an Israeli company to build the country’s new surveillance satellite in December 2023. Although the news has not been officially confirmed or denied, neither has the signing of the contract been ratified or refuted by the...

For the first time, astronomers have detected dark matter hanging from massive filaments that stretch across the universe and form a “cosmic web” that trap galaxies like morning dew on a spiderweb. Researchers from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, used the Subaru Telescope — an...

A group of satellite operators have joined forces to push the fledgling direct-to-smartphone market to adopt services using their radiowaves, rather than spectrum derived from terrestrial mobile network operators. Viasat, Terrestar Solutions, Ligado Networks, Omnispace, and Yahsat announced the...

The Kenya Space Agency (KSA) recently convened a workshop focusing on data innovations and Earth Observation to bolster decision support and fortify urban resilience in Kenya. The event brought together many stakeholders, including representatives from key government agencies at national and county...

A lunar lander set to launch next week will have a special set of four eyes to track how the spacecraft’s engine plume interacts with the lunar surface. The Intuitive Machines’s IM-1 Nova-C moon lander is currently set to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Cape...

According to the news release by Sateliot, the company has finalised an agreement to deploy 5G IoT sensors on vultures, a significant step toward safeguarding endangered species and combating poaching in Africa. Sateliot’s collaboration with Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) extends 5G satellite...

 Astronomers have uncovered additional evidence that one of Saturn’s smallest moons, Mimas, is hiding a global ocean beneath its icy surface. Building a stronger case for the presence of water — essential to life as we know it — could help scientists gain a better understanding of where to search...