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AFRICA’S FIRST SATELLITE OF 2021 LAUNCHES INTO SPACE

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Gambeta News

Tunisia’s first satellite, Challenge ONE has been successfully launched onboard Soyuz-2 rocket in the earlier hours of today from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Challenge ONE was announced in 2019 by Tunisian aerospace and telecommunications company, TELNET after it entered an agreement with the Russian operator of commercial launches of Soyuz-2 rockets, GK Launch Services. According to the agreement, Challenge ONE is going to be a precursor for a constellation of 30 satellites to be launched by 2023. Part…

SPACE FLIGHT WILL BE LAUNCHING DAILY

Posted on September 19, 2017March 6, 2018 by Gambeta News

Since the dawn of the space age, trips into orbit have been expensive and rare. A typical blastoff costs between US$100 million and US$300 million, and there are only about 100 of them each year — the vast majority of which are conducted by government-backed organisations from Russia, Europe, and the US. In the very near future, though, the cost of getting to space will decline precipitously. A new breed of rocket scientist has arrived with smaller,…