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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - January 2022

Jan 2022

Jul 31, 2025

First Australian-made Rocket Crashes Shortly After Lift-off

Australia's first domestically built rocket to attempt reaching orbit crashed just 14 seconds after liftoff. The Eris rocket, developed by Gilmour Space Technologies, was launched on a test flight from a spaceport near Bowen in northern Queensland.
Eris was the first Australian-designed and manufactured orbital launch vehicle to lift off from the country, intended to carry small satellites into orbit.

Andhra Pradesh, Google Sign $6 Billion Worth Major Data Centre Deal

Andhra Pradesh closed a major data centre deal with global tech giant Google and leading Indian Information and Communications Technology (ICT) service provider Sify.
Google is set to invest a staggering $6 billion in a 1 GW data centre in Andhra Pradesh. Sources indicate that this massive facility will be located in the port city of Visakhapatnam.
Notably, $2 billion of this investment is earmarked for developing renewable energy capacity to power the centre, aligning with the growing global demand for sustainable digital infrastructure. This project alone is expected to be the largest in Asia, both in terms of capacity and investment.

Jul 28, 2025

Latin American Countries to Launch Latam-GPT AI Model

A coalition of 12 Latin American countries is set to launch Latam-GPT, the region's first large artificial intelligence language model, in September 2025. Developed as an open-source project, it aims to boost AI accessibility and reflect the unique cultural and linguistic diversity of Latin America.
The project is led by Chile's National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA) in collaboration with over 30 regional institutions. Work on Latam-GPT began in January 2023, with support from the regional development bank CAF and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Latam-GPT represents a major step towards technological independence for Latin America, reducing dependence on global AI models primarily trained in English. It seeks to act as a democratising element by making AI applications widely accessible in schools, hospitals, and public services. The initiative also addresses regional challenges like language inclusivity and cultural representation, areas often overlooked by mainstream AI systems.

Jul 27, 2025

India's GPS NAVIC is Near-Defunct

India's strategic NAVIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) series of satellites, built and maintained by the space agency ISRO, are nearly defunct, with only a bare minimum of four among 11 satellites fulfilling their core purpose, government data shows. Of these four operational satellites, one (IRNSS-1B) has already exceeded its planned life of 10 years and could stop functioning anytime, while another (IRNSS-1F) has less than a year to complete its decade in service and has suffered partial equipment failure. NAVIC is India's own version of America's GPS, Russia's GLONASS, China's Beidou and Europe's Galileo systems.

Jul 26, 2025

NASA Welcomes Senegal as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory

Senegal signed the Artemis Accords during a ceremony hosted by NASA at the agency's headquarters in Washington, becoming the latest nation to commit to the responsible exploration of space for all humanity.
Director General of the Senegalese space agency (ASES) Maram Kairé signed the Artemis Accords on behalf of Senegal. Jonathan Pratt, senior bureau official for African Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, and Abdoul Wahab Haidara, ambassador of Senegal to the United States, also participated in the event.

Jul 25, 2025

NASA launches TRACERS Mission to Study How Earth Fights Space Storms

NASA officially launched the TRACERS mission (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) which will study the magnetic reconnection- an energy burst that occurs when the Sun's magnetic field interacts with Earth's magnetic shield. This will help in understanding on how space weather affects our planet.
The TRACERS satellites lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The mission includes two satellites flying just 10 seconds apart to take over 3,000 measurements in one year. Their job is to closely study magnetic activity in a region near Earth's North Pole called the polar cusp, where the Sun's magnetic field hits Earth's.

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