Tag: satellite
Libya seeks Italian help for satellite system for borders
Libya will build a satellite surveillance system with Italian expertise to help secure its borders, its defense minister said, part of Tripoli's...
Overberg Test Range successfully supports satellite launches from opposite sides of...
More proof of South Africa's ability and willingness to be a player in specifically the international space arena comes from Denel's Overberg...
South Africa’s CubeSats promoting space ambitions
South Africa's first CubeSat micro-satellite, ZACube-01, is nearly complete and will be launched later this year. A second CubeSat will be unveiled...
SumbandilaSat beyond repair
South Africa's second satellite, SumbandilaSat, is no longer fulfilling its main purpose due to technical problems and is essentially beyond repair, its...
China completes second space docking exercise
China has successfully carried out its second docking exercise yesterday between two unmanned spacecraft, 12 days after completing its first ever space...
China key suspect in U.S. satellite hacks: commission
At least two U.S. environment-monitoring satellites were interfered with four or more times in 2007 and 2008 via a ground station in...
Denel mulls space business
Denel group CE Talib Sadik says the South African state arsenal is considering options to diversify its business to include space technology...
Engineers grappling with SumbandilaSat glitches
Engineers at SunSpace are working to fix problems with South Africa's second satellite, SumbandilaSat, which was damaged during a solar storm in...
Nigeria launches monitoring satellites
Nigeria has successfully launched two satellites into space, which will be used for a variety of tasks, including security, agriculture and disaster...
Ka-band satellite services to boost broadband access across Africa
Despite the advent of more than 20 optic fibre cable networks now reaching African shores, satellite services will continue to fulfil an...
Government imagery needs drive remote sensing market: FI
Forecast International projects the worldwide civil and commercial remote sensing satellite market to be worth $16 billion over the 2010-2019 timeframe. Its...