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Why African Nations Must Prioritise Downstream Applications in the Space Ecosystem

As Africa continues to embrace the transformative potential of space technology, a strategic shift towards capacity development in downstream applications presents a compelling opportunity...

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Vieira de Almeida’s Approach to Providing Comprehensive Space Policy and Legal Services in Africa

Vieira de Almeida (VdA) is an international full-practice law firm headquartered in Portugal. It extends its services to Portuguese-speaking African countries and Timor-Leste and...

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Researchers Discover Rare White Dwarf Binary Star System [HP99] 159, in the Large Magellanic Cloud

In a press release by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, a group of South African astronomers from the South African Astronomical Observatory...

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Guidelines for the Long-term Sustainability of Space Activities – An Excerpt

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Activities (UNOOSA), via the Committee On the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), has developed guidelines for...

Spectrum & Orbital Slotting – A case for African Countries

Over the last few decades, the use of telecommunication satellites have increased their applications became part of day-to-day living. As the number of satellites...

Kenya Space Agency Set to Pick Next DG, IAF Launches World Largest Digital Library on Space history, and More Stories Across the African Space...

Top Stories On the continent, the Kenyan Space Agency (KSA) is underway to selecting next Director-General from a pool of eleven contenders, as SADC kickstarts...

Why Africa is Unable to Accommodate SpaceX, Fiber Optics and other Space Projects

In 2001, Elon Musk conceptualized the Mars Oasis, an experimental greenhouse project to grow plants on Mars. Musk tried to buy cheap rockets from...

Adopting a Universal Tax Regime for Outer Space Exploration

Introduction For decades, humans have been drawn to space exploration for scientific, security and commercial purposes. Private companies such as SpaceX and Blue Origin have...

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Vieira de Almeida’s Approach to Providing Comprehensive Space Policy and Legal Services in Africa

Vieira de Almeida (VdA) is an international full-practice law firm headquartered in Portugal. It extends its services to Portuguese-speaking African countries and Timor-Leste and...