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Learn about SANSA, the government agency responsible for space research and development in South Africa. Find out its history, mission, projects, services and achievements in space science and technology.
The history of space in Africa is the history of space activity by or sent from Africa.. Africa has had since 1947 launch sites, with the first independent space programs having been set up early into the Space Age, and African countries participating within the United Nations in developing international space law.
The African Space Agency (AfSA) is a regional space organisation established by the African Union (AU) in 2023. It aims to promote cooperation between the space policies of the AU's member states and has its headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
A new deep-space ground station being built in South Africa's semi-desert Karoo region will come online by 2025 to help track history-making NASA missions to the moon and beyond, space agency ...
A comprehensive overview of 78 government space agencies in the world, organized by their demonstrated capabilities in space exploration and exploitation. Compare the history, objectives, and achievements of different space organizations, from ancient to modern, from national to regional.
The company was founded by Temidayo Isaiah Oniosun in 2018. [4] [5] [6] Space in Africa was a finalist in the Fall 2018 NewSpace Business Plan Competition in Austin, TX.[7]In June 2019, the company released the African Space Industry Annual Report 2019 Edition [8] which estimated the worth of the African space industry to be more than US$7 billion, projecting that it is likely to grow over 40% ...
The Outer Space Treaty is a multilateral treaty that forms the basis of international space law. It was opened for signature in 1967 and entered into force in 1968, and it prohibits nuclear weapons and military activities in outer space and on celestial bodies.
The Soviet Union was the first to launch a satellite into orbit with Sputnik 1 on 4 October 1957, followed by the United States with Explorer 1 on 1 February 1958. See the list of all countries and organizations that have developed or launched satellites, and the dates and locations of their first orbital launches.