ASECNA reiterates commitment to Single African Sky initiative, installs Aireon service delivery point
ASECNA announced today their continued commitment to the Single African Sky initiative through the installation of a third Aireon Service Delivery Point (SDP) in their Dakar, Senegal operations centre.
Africa and
Madagascar (ASECNA) announced today their continued commitment to the Single African Sky initiative by installing a third Aireon Service Delivery Point (SDP)
Dakar, Senegal, operations centre. This tertiary SDP installation allows ASECNA to receive triple-redundant data to all six ASECNA controlled Flight Information Regions (FIRs)-
Antananarivo,
Brazzaville Dakar Oceanic, Dakar Terrestrial,
Niamey and N’Djamena – over three independent telecommunications lines. Each line is also feeding data into the ASECNA AFISNET Very-Small-Aperture Terminal (VSAT) network, making space-based ADS-B highly available in the region.
The European Commission has recently proposed an African-European partnership for the continent’s digital transformation as part of their strategy with Africa. Earth Observation from space is identified as essential digital technology providing information for evidence-based policy and decision making.
The vast amount of free data to be processed and analysed requires adopting the latest digital tools such as cloud computing and innovative machine learning techniques. The EO AFRICA (African Framework for Research Innovation, Communities and Applications) initiative will contribute to full EO data access and usage across Africa, overcoming low-bandwidth and infrastructure bottlenecks that persist across the continent. The initiative is driven by African user needs and follows a long-term vision (>10 years) for the emergent digital era in Africa. It builds on 17 years of experience gained through the ESA TIGER initiative and its African network of EO experts. It aims to facilitate t
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UKZN’s affiliated AeroSpace Systems Research Group recently launched Phoenix-1B Mk II rocket, with a technology demonstration objective. The project was used to train students on vehicle design, test operations, and to inspire the younger generations. Launched at Denel Overberg at 16h00 on Sunday, the rocket was aimed at reaching 15km but eventually reached a height of 18km, making the record for the highest flown indigenous rocket on the continent in recent times. The project is funded by the South Africa’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the South African National Space Agency (SANSA).
Earlier in February, in a chat with Kai Mitchell Broughton, Team lead and Mechanical Engineer at the Group, he said “We have been working on the Mk II since 2017, launched it in 2019 but it failed. We had a break thereafter and this is when we put together a team of post-grads and PhD students to help rebuild the rocket. We had about ten part-time engineers and students working
Marlink has extended its partnership with Soremar Group to provide an enhanced range of safety and vessel management services to fishing operators in North Africa.
Under the agreement, Soremar customers can access Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) and the mandated Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) via the Iridium satellite network, in addition to other providers.
Marlink is a leading provider of Smart Network Solutions. And it had previously collaborated with Soremar to create a portal that shoreside teams can use to track fishing vessels at sea, send and receive vessel positions and fleet overview to meet regulatory requirements.
Since the end of last year, Soremar has held state licences to provide security solutions for the Iridium satellite network via Marlink, which is now commercially available to Soremar’s extensive portfolio of fishing customers in Morocco and neighbouring countries. Its extensive knowledge and long heritage in North Africa make it the nat