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  President Museveni witnesses signing of the Starlink licence agreement, marking entry into Uganda’s telecom sector   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has witnessed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding and operational licence agreement between the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) and Starlink. The event, …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | When U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at Elon Musk in June and called for cutting federal ties with his companies, many dismissed it as political posturing. But behind the scenes, the Trump administration quietly launched a sweeping review of federal contracts with …

SACRAMENTO, the United States | Xinhua | SpaceX’s Starship 36 rocket exploded during a routine ground test, marking the latest in a string of failures that have plagued the company’s ambitious space program throughout 2025. “On Wednesday, June 18 at approximately 11 p.m. CT (0400 Thursday GMT), the Starship preparing …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. billionaire Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he regretted some posts he had made last week about U.S. President Donald Trump. “I regret some of my posts about President Donald Trump last week,” Musk wrote in a post on social media platform …

NEW YORK, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he has no intention to repair his relationship with billionaire Elon Musk and indicated their relationship is over, following their heated mutual attacks on social media. In a phone interview with NBC News, Trump …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | The White House said on Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump will soon announce a new nominee for the head of NASA, following his decision to withdraw former candidate Jared Isaacman, a close ally of Elon Musk. “After a thorough review of prior …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel Africa’s agreement with SpaceX marks a significant step towards transforming digital access across the continent, as the telco partners with the satellite provider to expand Starlink’s reach into underserved areas. The partnership, announced on April.6, is expected to bring Starlink’s low-Earth orbit satellite internet …

LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | NASA and SpaceX launched a new crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, a critical step to bring home NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore who have been stranded in space since last June. The spacecraft took off aboard a SpaceX …

LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than next Friday, Feb. 28, to launch two new missions on one single rocket — one to study more than 450 million galaxies, and the other to observe the sun’s corona, according to a NASA update on Friday. …

LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | SpaceX’s Crew-9 Dragon spacecraft autonomously docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday. The spacecraft was launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the U.S. state of Florida on Saturday, and docked with the ISS at 5:30 p.m. …