Students from the Polytechnic School of Thies attend the Senegal Space Week 2026 at a Dakar hotel on May 20, 2026. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP via Getty Images)

Rear Admiral Abdou Sene, Chief of Staff of the Senegalese Navy, delivers a presentation at the Senegal Space Week 2026 at a Dakar hotel on May 20, 2026. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP via Getty Images)

A participant and a hostess stand in front of the ARTP (Telecommunications and Postal Regulatory Authority) booth at the Senegal Space Week 2026 at a Dakar hotel on May 20, 2026. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP via Getty Images)

A participant arrives at the Senegal Space Week 2026 at a Dakar hotel on May 20, 2026. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP via Getty Images)

Rear Admiral Abdou Sene, Chief of Staff of the Senegalese Navy, delivers a presentation at the Senegal Space Week 2026 at a Dakar hotel on May 20, 2026. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP via Getty Images)

Maram Kaire (C), director of the Senegal Space Studies Agency, speaks before Rear Admiral Abdou Sene (R), Chief of Staff of the Senegal Navy, at the Senegal Space Week 2026 at a Dakar hotel on May 20, 2026. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP via Getty Images)

Rear Admiral Abdou Sene, Chief of Staff of the Senegalese Navy, delivers a presentation at the Senegal Space Week 2026 at a Dakar hotel on May 20, 2026. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP via Getty Images)

A hostess stand in front of the ARTP (Telecommunications and Postal Regulatory Authority) booth at the Senegal Space Week 2026 at a Dakar hotel on May 20, 2026. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP via Getty Images)