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  "title": "South Africa wants a new space regulator",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/south-africa-wants-a-new-space-regulator",
  "topic": "tech",
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  "published": "2026-11-02T10:39:33.000Z",
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    "name": "TechCentral",
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    "url": "https://techcentral.co.za/south-africa-draft-space-law-satellite-licence/287936/"
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  "summary": "A proposed new South African space law would make it an offence to build a satellite without a licence from a new regulator, bringing far more of the local space industry into a licensing regime than the 1993 law it would replace. The draft South African Space Industry Regulatory Bill, published by trade, industry & [...]",
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