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New Date for the NewSpace Africa Conference 2023

We have rescheduled the date for the NewSpace Africa Conference 2023 from 23rd-26th to 25th-28th April 2023 after consultation with our partners in view...

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South Africa’s MeerKAT Detects a Distant Galaxy with Large Hydrogen Atoms

The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) has announced that the MeerKAT discovered a distant galaxy towards PKS 1830-211, with some of the largest...

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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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The Role of Universities in Building A Resource – Dependent Space Industry

Universities and research institutes serve as essential parts of the African space ecosystem as they nurture and produce qualified personnel to participate in various...