Tag: Satellite

  • Nigeria to launch 2 satellites soon – NIGCOMSAT

    Nigeria to launch 2 satellites soon – NIGCOMSAT

    The Nigeria Communication Satellite Limited on Monday said that it was collaborating with China Great Wall Industry Cooperation (CGWIC) to launch two additional satellites. Mr Samson Osagie, the Executive Director, Marketing and Business Development of the organisation said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday that the satellites…

  • FCC approves SpaceX application for 4,425 broadband satellite network

    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved an application by Space Exploration Holdings, doing business as SpaceX, to provide broadband services using satellite technology in the United States and around the world. This is as contained in FCC documents, and with this action, the Commission takes another step to increase high-speed broadband availability and competition…

  • NCC moves to regulate use of satellite communications services

    Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said the commission would create a legal framework to regulate the use of satellite communications services and networks. Danbatta represented by Mr Austin Nwulune, the Director, Spectrum Administration Department, NCC said this at the Public Inquiry on the Commercial Satellite Communication Guideline and the Draft…

  • China to launch first student satellite for scientific education

    China to launch first student satellite for scientific education

    China’s first nano-satellite with primary and middle school students involved in the development and building process will be launched into space Friday. The satellite, named after late Premier Zhou Enlai, was sent from its production base in Huai’an Youth Comprehensive Development Base in east China’s Jiangsu Province to Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China’s…

  • NASA launches world’s smallest satellite designed by 18-year old

    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched world’s smallest satellite designed by 18-year old Indian Tamil Nadu student, Rifath Sharook. Asian News International, (ANI) reported that the satellite, Kalamsat was flown into space in a NASA sounding rocket from a NASA facility in Wallops Island. Chennai: Students who built the world's smallest satellite,…