Ghana Space News

SpaceX Launches 53 Satellites On Transporter-10 Rideshare Flight, Nails Rocket Landing.

SpaceX launched a big batch of satellites for a variety of private customers today. The company’s Transporter-10 mission lifted off right on time at 5:05 p.m. ET (2205 GMT) on Monday (March 4) from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Today’s...

Avanti Communications Granted the Infrastructure Operator Authorisation to Operate its HYLAS 4 Satellite Gateway Station.

In a press release by Avanti Communications, the organisation has been granted the Infrastructure Operator Authorisation required for its HYLAS 4 satellite gateway station in Diamniadio, Senegal, by the Minister of Communications, Telecommunications and Digital, Mr Moussa Bocar Thiam, on 29 February...

On This Day In Space: March 3, 1969: Apollo 9 Launches 1st Test Flight Of Lunar Module.

Astronauts James McDivitt, David Scott and Rusty Schweickart orbited Earth for 10 days. They tested the lunar module’s engines and navigation systems. On March 3, 1969, Apollo 9 launched three astronauts on the first crewed test flight of NASA’s lunar module, which astronauts later used to land on...

SpaceX Launches Crew-8 Astronaut Mission To International Space Station For NASA.

SpaceX launched another crew of four to the International Space Station tonight (March 3). A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off with the four astronauts of NASA’s Crew-8 mission at 10:53 p.m. EST tonight (0353 GMT on March 4) from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Cape Canaveral...

Rare OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample debuts at Space Center Houston.

Move over, moon rocks: Space Center Houston has a new type of space stone in its showcase. The official visitor center for NASA’s Johnson Space Center on Friday (March 1) became only the second place in the world where the public can see a sample of the asteroid Bennu as collected and brought...

Private space capsule’s blistering return to Earth.

A pioneering private space capsule captured spectacular footage of its fiery homecoming last month. Varda Space‘s first-ever mission, called W-1, wrapped up on Feb. 21 with the successful recovery of the California’s startup’s off-Earth manufacturing capsule. That conical...

NASA Delays Space Station Crew Rotation Flight, Makes Way For SpaceX Starlink Launch.

Taking advantage of a weather delay for NASA’s next space station flight, SpaceX fired off another 23 Starlink internet satellites Thursday in a hazy leap day launch from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. It was the California rocket builder’s 19th flight so far this year. Earlier...

US Moon Lander Odysseus Goes Dark With Power Banks Depleted.

Odysseus, an American lunar lander that had a doomed, wonky descent on the moon, sent its final image on Thursday before its power banks depleted, said Intuitive Machines (IM), the private company behind the project that saw America reach the Moon after over 50 years. The final image The photograph...

AAC Space Africa Wins its First Satellite Order.

In a press release by AAC Clyde Space, its subsidiary, AAC Space Africa, announced winning its first satellite order to assemble, integrate, and test two satellites. The order, valued at approximately USD 213,078 (ZAR 4.1 million), is slated for delivery by June 2024. “We are delighted that AAC...