Jiuquan, China |Xinhua | China on Thursday sent a new-generation ocean color monitoring satellite into space to help improve understanding of marine waters. This is the world’s first high-precision ocean color observation satellite that targets various water bodies around the world, using multiple detection methods. It can realize large-scale, continuous …
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Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya on Saturday marked a new milestone in space exploration by launching the first satellite dubbed “Taifa 1” into space after three botched attempts linked to bad weather. Developed by nine Kenyan engineers, the observation satellite blasted off aboard SpaceX’s Falcon-9 full-thrust rocket from Space Launch Complex …
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The satellite prototype will be displayed at COP 27 in Sharm El-Sheikh Cairo, Egypt | BIRD STORY AGENCY | After years of research, the Africa Development Satellite Initiative, AfDev-Sat, will display its prototype satellite at COP 27 in Sharm El-Sheikh through the Egyptian Space Agency. Egypt announced plans to use …
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📌 Team Uganda | Engineers 🇺🇬 ✳ Edgar Mujuni ✳ Bonny Omara ✳ Derrick Tebusweke Wallops Island, Virginia, USA | THE INDEPENDENT, NASA & URN | First satellites from Uganda and Zimbabwe go to the Space Station this weekend under a Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite program (BIRDS). The Cygnus spacecraft will carry them …
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Wakiso, Uganda | Xinhua | China on Saturday officially completed the installation of the satellite television project in 900 Ugandan villages that face connectivity challenges. Chris Baryomunsi, Ugandan minister of Information, Communication, Technology and National Guidance, officiated at the handover ceremony held in Katabi village in the central Ugandan district …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Dr. Monica Musenero has revealed that the country’s first national satellite is nearing completion, and will be launched into the international space station in September this year. The satellite named PearlAfricaSat-1, commenced two years ago in Japan. It’s being …
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Paris, France | AFP | The first Ariane space rocket lifted off over the forests of French Guiana 40 years ago, enabling Europe to at last take its place as an independent player in the international race for space. Following a number of delays and technical setbacks, Ariane 1 finally left …
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Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudan’s first ever satellite for conducting research in military, economic and space technology has been launched by China, the northeast African country’s ruling body said Tuesday. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who heads Sudan’s sovereign council, announced the launch of the satellite at a meeting of his top security officials held …
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Colorado Springs, United States | AFP | At tens of thousands of kilometers above the Earth, a Russian satellite slowly approached the French-Italian satellite Athena-Fidus in October 2017, a move France later denounced as “an act of espionage.” What is less widely known is that just a few days before …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The Chinese government is funding the connection of 500 Ugandan villages to satellite TV in an effort to boost digital coverage and increase access to information. The funding is part of the US$10million project intended to boost access to satellite TV for 10,000 African villages. …
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