Meet the African Space Industry Top 10 Under-30 – Class of 2020
The Africa space industry is a colossus waiting to happen and the growth in the industry is a concentration of efforts from governments and private companies. These efforts have led to the establishment of agencies, corporations, institutions, researches, and many other defining qualities that continue to determine the speed at which the sector develops.
An important part of the Africa space…
Space Projects In The African Space Industry To Look Out For In 2020
As humans advance further into the age of space and expand outside the confines of the planet beyond wildest imaginations, there is a push and increase in the number of nations advancing or solidifying their positions in the global community by consolidating their intentions of exploring the outer space through technological programs.
2019 Might Be The Best Year So Far For The African Space…
Space Projects In The African Space Industry To Look Out For In 2020
As humans advance further into the age of space and expand outside the confines of the planet beyond wildest imaginations, there is a push and increase in the number of nations advancing or solidifying their positions in the global community by consolidating their intentions of exploring the outer space through technological programs.
2019 Might Be The Best Year So Far For The African Space…
Highlight Of The Heads of Emerging Space Agencies Plenary At IAC 2019
At the ongoing 70th International Astronautical Congress(IAC 2019) in Washington D.C., United States, heads of emerging space agencies held a special plenary on how emerging countries present significant growth potential and challenges they encounter on their path to growth.
The special plenary was moderated by Pontsho Maruping, Chair of the Scientific and Technical Committee, at the United…
Angolan President signs decree for the development of ANGOSAT-3 by Airbus
Angola’s President, João Lourenço, has signed a presidential decree for the signature of a contract between Angola and Airbus for the construction of an Earth Observation satellite named AngoSat-3. This will be Angola’s third attempt to put a satellite in orbit. AngoSat-1 had a launch failure in December 2018, and its replacement, AngoSat-2, is currently being developed in Russia.
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Angola National Space Strategy Plan for 2019 – 2022 approved by the Ministry
The 2019 - 2022 Strategic Plan of the National Space Program Management Office (GGPEN) was approved on May 9, at the first Board of Directors of the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology for the year 2019, chaired by the Minister of the MTTI, Eng José Carvalho da Rocha. The Plan aims to further the institution's mission, vision and values, in alignment with the National Space…
Angola space agency launches “AngoSat Educa”, a mobile application for space education and outreach
Technology is increasingly advanced and today it plays a very important role in almost all sectors. We see this great dependence on the academic sector, where students use means such as computers and telephones to increase their knowledge. Taking these factors into account, GGPEN has developed an application for high school students called Angosat Educa.
The Angosat Educa application is…
Four (4) more satellites from Africa before the end of 2018
By 2030 one in five people will be African. Combine the continent’s soaring population with technology, improvements in infrastructure, health and education, and Africa could be the next century’s economic growth powerhouse. In the past years, African nations have identified the importance space science and technology could have on economic growth and they have been heavily investing in it.…
AngoSat-1 Defunct Four Months After Launch
Angola's first satellite has been officially declared defunct by Russia, which had partially funded the South African nation's space project. The AngoSat-1, a communications satellite built for almost $300m, was launched late December from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Shortly after launch, communication with the device was lost.
Despite restoring contact several days later, the…
President João Lourenço Inaugurates Angola’s Satellite Mission Control Centre
On 27 January 2023, the Angolan president, João Lourenço, inaugurated the nation’s first satellite Mission Control Center (MCC) in Funda, Luanda. The MCC is an essential infrastructure capable of operating three satellites simultaneously and would be used to monitor the activity of the ANGOSAT 2, launched on 12 October 2022.
The launch ceremony was attended by several government officials,…