Topic
Space agencies, satellite missions and launches, and Africa's space economy.
Every time a GIS analyst pulls down a Sentinel image, corrects a coordinate with GNSS, or runs a flood model off an Earth observation feed, they are quietly relying on something most of us never think about.
Kenya's space ecosystem is no longer emerging,it's evolving. Drawing on insights from RIIS Engagement Manager Yankho Likaku.
Sayari Labs shares insights into satellite mission design, payload integration, launch operations, and the future of Kenya's space industry through an in-depth interview with the engineering team.
NASA's JPL has chosen Intuitive Machines' IM 300 bus for FALCON-RADAR, a polar-orbiting W-band radar satellite to study clouds and light rain, launching 2029 at the earliest.
Source: Intuitive Machines
The Kenya Space Agency and Expertise France have opened an EO lab at Taita Taveta University offering satellite data, open-source tools and training.
Source: Kenya Space Agency
Kenya Space Agency and Expertise France open an EO lab at Taita Taveta University offering satellite data, open-source tools and training to students and startups.
Source: Kenya Space Agency
Space in Africa's 2026 report tracks 113 planned African satellites worth $7.94bn, but only 21 are firmly committed, with supplier choices due by 2029.
Source: Space in Africa
Space in Africa's 2026 report counts four deals worth $12.63m, all Kenyan, and introduces new frameworks to rate commercial readiness across 385 firms.
Source: Space in AfricaSpace in Africa traces the continent's satellite supply chain, citing a South African firm making 320 reaction wheels a month and a flown 177 kg satellite.
Source: Space in Africa
Eutelsat's Q1 video revenue dropped to €110 million while LEO revenue rose 30.1% to €70.9 million, and IRIS² entered its construction phase.
Source: Eutelsat
EgSA and EAPD will train 20 African professionals in Cairo from 6 to 17 December, all costs covered. Applications close on 9 November.
Source: Space in Africa
INPE's Prodes satellite data show 3,335 km² of Amazon forest cleared in the year to July 2026, a 42% fall and the lowest since records began in 1988.
Source: Mongabay
HEO gets access to Satellogic's NewSat Mark IV to VI satellites to image objects in orbit, under a deal with a seven-figure annual minimum.
Source: Satellogic (press release via Nasdaq)