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Tag: Satellite

  • 🇱🇷 After Starlink, Liberia now seeks Amazon satellite internet entry

    🇱🇷 After Starlink, Liberia now seeks Amazon satellite internet entry

       Liberia telecom regulator considers licensing new satellite providers, including Amazon.• Project Kuiper plans 3,232 satellites, with commercial launch expected by end-2025.• Starlink entered Liberia in Jan. 2025, charging $40–50 a month plus $390 equipment. Liberia is looking to attract new global players to its internet market, including Amazon, which is rolling out a low-Earth orbit satellite…

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  • 🇴🇲 Oman selects Airbus for reconfigurable OmanSat-1

    🇴🇲 Oman selects Airbus for reconfigurable OmanSat-1

    It will provide telecommunications services across Oman, the Middle East, East Africa, and Asia, supporting government networks, private communications, broadband, maritime, and aero connectivity. Questions and Answers: What is OmanSat-1? OmanSat-1 is a fully reconfigurable, high-throughput Ka-band telecommunications satellite for Oman, capable of adjusting coverage and capacity while in orbit. Who is building the satellite?…

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  • 🇳🇪 Niger signs agreement with Starlink

    🇳🇪 Niger signs agreement with Starlink

    Niger Prime Minister Mahamane Lamine Zeine announced that Niger will be connected to the global Starlink satellite communications system. “This is a major achievement for the government, which will allow us to cover all regions of Niger with mobile communications. <…> The Starlink satellites will allow us to have communications throughout the country, which is…

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  • Stars & beyond: SA minister on outcomes of the “multifaceted” IAU meeting and potential benefits ahead

    The legacy of the XXXII General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) is multifaceted, with many participants highlighting their newfound awareness of the extensive astronomical research and work being conducted in Africa, which itself will leave a very positive impact, Professor Bonginkosi Emmanuel Blade Nzimande, South Africa’s Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, told…

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  • Senegal enters the space age with the launch of its first satellite

    The GAINDESAT-1a satellite was launched on August 16 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the United States. Another 115 small satellites were also carried as part of the Transporter 11 space mission. “This is an “important step and a historic day in the march of our country and the will to make it a…

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