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)

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

(FILES) Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg (back R), Norway's Agriculture and Food Minister Olaug V Bollestad (R) and Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (2ndL) visit the international gene bank Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV), on February 25, 2020 outside Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen, Norway. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV) has been on May 20, 2026 awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation. (Photo by Lise Åserud / NTB Scanpix / AFP via Getty Images) / Norway OUT

(FILES) People stand in front of the entrance to the international gene bank Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV), on February 25, 2020 outside Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen, Norway. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV) has been on May 20, 2026 awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation. (Photo by Lise Åserud / NTB Scanpix / AFP via Getty Images) / Norway OUT