SANSA Breaks Down USD266m Budget, AngoSat-2 Set for Launching, USA Raises Alarm over Chinese Deal, African CEO Challenges SpaceX and Other Top Stories in the African Space Industry for September 2020
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South African National Space Agency (SANSA) on Thursday, September 17, 2020, hosted journalists to a virtual media briefing, where the duo of South Africa’s Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande and SANSA’s CEO, Valanathan Munsami answered questions on South Africa’s USD266 million Space Hub. Both men discussed the projections for the Space Hub,…
AngoSat-2 to be launched by March 2022
Angola's Angosat-2 satellite is getting ready to be launched into space for 2022. The telecoms satellite is being developed in Russia by Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems Company. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems Company General Director, Nikolai Testoyedov mentioned that "We are due to launch the satellite in March 2022... the company is now making the satellite platform".
"The…
AngoSat-2 50 Per cent Completed, To Be launched in 2022 -José Carvalho da Rocha.
Angola's second satellite, AngoSat-2, a replacement for the inactive AngoSat-1, is 50 per cent completed, according to a statement by the country's Minister for Telecommunications, José Carvalho da Rocha.
The satellite project is partly funded and built by Russia, with a payload constructed by French satellite manufacturing company, Airbus. It will be completed this year and launched in…
Angolan ISAE-SUPAERO Post-graduate Students To Monitor The Construction Of AngoSat-2 and 3
Six Angolan specialists undergoing Masters Programme at the Higher Institute for Space Aeronautics(ISAE-SUPAERO) in Toulouse, France will have the opportunity to monitor the construction of the Angosat-2 payload, which is nearing completion, as well as the construction phases of the Angosat-3 satellite. French satellite manufacturing company, Airbus, has partnership contracts for the construction…
Excerpt from Payload Design training for the development of ANGOSAT-2 Satellite
As part of the construction of the ANGOSAT-2 satellite, between March 25 to April 5, 2019, seventeen Angolan specialists assigned to the National Space Program Management Office (GGPEN) participated in a training course in Portsmouth, England, implemented by company Constructor of the satellite RSC Energia in partnership with Airbus DS.
The training was on the design of the "Module 2" necessary…
Analysis of the subsystems on board the Angosat-2
At the Satellite Mission Control Center, located in the municipality of Funda, in Luanda, the analysis team of the subsystems on board the satellite is composed of eight technicians, among them a Director, responsible for managing and coordinating the work of experts in the field, five specialists in subsystem analysis, who permanently monitor the health status of the satellite through Telemetry…
Russia to build AngoSat-2 by 2020 to replace AngoSat-1
Few months after the celebratory launch of Angola’s first Satellite, the project has been finally declared defunct by Russia—which had partly funded the project.
In December 2017, Angola joined the elite number of African countries with Satellites including Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt & Ghana with the launch of the AngoSat-1, a communications satellite built for almost $3oo million from the…
GGPEN Closes ANGOTIC 2026 with Partnerships, Hackathon Winners, and a Stronger Continental Footprint
(L-R) Dr Zolana João, Director General of GGPEN; H.E. Eng. Mário Oliveira, Minister, MINTTICS; and Amílcar Safeca, President of the Executive Committee of Unitel, at the MoU signing ceremony on the first day of ANGOTIC 2026. Source: GGPEN
Three days. Twelve partnership agreements signed. Five startups bound for France. A plenary stage that brought together space agency heads from four…
GGPEN Uses ANGOTIC 2026 to Cement Strategic Alliances Across Africa and Beyond
A cross-section of Space and technology leaders gathered at ANGOTIC 2026 in Luanda, Angola, following GGPEN's strategic partnership sessions on Day 1. Source: GGPEN
Angola’s National Space Program Management Office (GGPEN) formalised a series of memoranda of understanding and cooperation agreements on the first day of ANGOTIC 2026, cementing partnerships designed to expand the reach of…
GGPEN Marks First Day of ANGOTIC 2026 with Strategic Debates, Partnerships, and International Cooperation
Angola's National Space Program Management Office, GGPEN, took centre stage on the opening day of ANGOTIC 2026 in Luanda on 11 June, using the continent's largest ICT forum to advance strategic partnerships, host high-level diplomatic meetings, and assert space technology's role as a driver of Angola's digital transformation agenda.
The day's programmatic centrepiece was the plenary session…