This photograph shows an X reflex aerospace satellite during the International Space Summit, bringing together nearly 120 delegations to discuss global space governance, at the Grand Palais in Paris on September 9, 2026. (Photo by Simon WOHLFAHRT / AFP via Getty Images)

Senegalese Professor Gayane Faye (C), doctor in spatial remote sensing and coordinator of the development of Senegal's satellites, and his assistants check a part of the satellite Gaindesat-1B at the CSUM (Space University Center of Montpellier) in Montpellier, southern France, on September 4, 2026. Gaindesat-1B is designed to build on Senegal's first satellite, Gaindesat-1A, launched from California in 2024, and will collect environmental data and imagery to support natural resource management, territorial monitoring and climate observation. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images)

An assistant of Senegalese Professor Gayane Faye, doctor in spatial remote sensing and coordinator of the development of Senegal's satellites works on a part of the satellite Gaindesat-1B at the CSUM (Space University Center of Montpellier) in Montpellier, southern France, on September 4, 2026. Gaindesat-1B is designed to build on Senegal's first satellite, Gaindesat-1A, launched from California in 2024, and will collect environmental data and imagery to support natural resource management, territorial monitoring and climate observation. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images)

Senegalese Professor Gayane Faye, doctor in spatial remote sensing and coordinator of the development of Senegal's satellites poses as he works on the satellite Gaindesat-1B at the CSUM (Space University Center of Montpellier) in Montpellier, southern France, on September 4, 2026. Gaindesat-1B is designed to build on Senegal's first satellite, Gaindesat-1A, launched from California in 2024, and will collect environmental data and imagery to support natural resource management, territorial monitoring and climate observation. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images)

Senegalese Professor Gayane Faye, doctor in spatial remote sensing and coordinator of the development of Senegal's satellites is pictured as he works on the satellite Gaindesat-1B at the CSUM (Space University Center of Montpellier) in Montpellier, southern France, on September 4, 2026. Gaindesat-1B is designed to build on Senegal's first satellite, Gaindesat-1A, launched from California in 2024, and will collect environmental data and imagery to support natural resource management, territorial monitoring and climate observation. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images)

Senegalese Professor Gayane Faye, doctor in spatial remote sensing and coordinator of the development of Senegal's satellites poses as he works on the satellite Gaindesat-1B at the CSUM (Space University Center of Montpellier) in Montpellier, southern France, on September 4, 2026. Gaindesat-1B is designed to build on Senegal's first satellite, Gaindesat-1A, launched from California in 2024, and will collect environmental data and imagery to support natural resource management, territorial monitoring and climate observation. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images)

Assistants of Senegalese Professor Gayane Faye, doctor in spatial remote sensing and coordinator of the development of Senegal's satellites work on a part of the satellite Gaindesat-1B at the CSUM (Space University Center of Montpellier) in Montpellier, southern France, on September 4, 2026. Gaindesat-1B is designed to build on Senegal's first satellite, Gaindesat-1A, launched from California in 2024, and will collect environmental data and imagery to support natural resource management, territorial monitoring and climate observation. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images)

Assistants of Senegalese Professor Gayane Faye, doctor in spatial remote sensing and coordinator of the development of Senegal's satellites work on a part of the satellite Gaindesat-1B at the CSUM (Space University Center of Montpellier) in Montpellier, southern France, on September 4, 2026. Gaindesat-1B is designed to build on Senegal's first satellite, Gaindesat-1A, launched from California in 2024, and will collect environmental data and imagery to support natural resource management, territorial monitoring and climate observation. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images)