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  "id": 767909,
  "title": "South Africa targets 2030 for its first satellite launch from home soil",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/south-africa-targets-2030-for-its-first-satellite-launch-from-home",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-13T12:52:34.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://techcentral.co.za/south-africa-targets-2030-for-its-first-satellite-launch-from-home-soil/284835/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "UKZN’s Aerospace Systems Research Institute wants to scale commercially, with a suborbital flight targeted for 2028.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}