Tag: Satellite
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Amazon’s first internet satellite liftoff suffers setback
The launch of Amazon’s first internet satellite aimed at challenging Elon Musk’s Starlink network has been postponed due to bad weather.
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Nigeria set to launch Satellite II, III into space – Defence Space Boss
The Chief of Defence Space Administration, Air Vice Marshall Ayo Jolasinmi, has noted that Nigeria will launch Satellite II and III into space very soon. According to him, his agency is better placed to use the space products that the first satellite offer.
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FG to launch 2 additional Satellites
The Federal Government on Monday said all is set to launch two additional Satellites by the Nigeria Communication Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) Limited. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, disclosed this during a facilities tour and interaction with Management team of NIGCOMSAT in Abuja. The Newsmen reports that the satellites are: NigComSat-2 and…
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Rwanda launches its 1st satellite to improve Internet service
Rwanda in partnership with a UK based communications company OneWeb on Wednesday successfully launched the country’s first satellite into space, Rwandan Ministry of ICT and Innovation said on Thursday. The satellite has been successfully sent to space, Gordon Kalema, Director-General of Digital Transformation at the ministry said while briefing reporters about the launch in Rwandan…
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Finally, SpaceX launches long-awaited military GPS Satellite
After some major setbacks, SpaceX has finally launched into space a rocket carrying much-awaited GPS Satellite for US Military. The rocket blasted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on Sunday, marking the space transportation company’s first national security space mission for the United States. The Falcon 9 rocket carrying a roughly $500 million GPS satellite built…
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FCC fines start-up of former Google, Apple engineers for unauthorized satellite launch
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined Swarm Technologies, a California-based start-up founded by former Google and Apple engineers in 2016, for unauthorized satellite launch. Swarm will pay a $900,000 fine for launching and operating four small experimental communications satellites that risked “satellite collisions” and threatened “critical commercial and government satellite operations”. The former…
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SpaceX halts launch of $500 million GPS satellite
Elon Musk’s SpaceX halted Tuesday’s launch of a long-delayed navigation satellite for the U.S. military, postponing for at least a day the space transportation company’s first designated national security mission for the United States. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was due to take off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral shortly after 9:30 a.m. local time (1730 GMT)…
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China sends 5 satellites into orbit via single rocket
China on Tuesday launched a new space environment research satellite and four nanosatellites on a Long March-2D carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China. According to the centre, the satellites have successfully entered their pre-set orbit. Shiyan-6 will be used for conducting space environment exploration experiments. The term nanosatellite refers to…