Over the last 30 years Earth Observation data (both from satellites and from aircraft) has had a fast-growing impact across a very wide range of industries from agriculture to tourism, and from peace-keeping to meteorology. The rate of development today is as fast as it has ever been, but not …

If you looked up in the evening sky on Monday 16 October 2017 at 7:33pm Dubai time you would have witnessed an 80-second fast moving celestial fire – then something special happened! SpaceWatch Middle East COO Torsten Kriening was an eyewitness to this phenomenon on Monday evening. It appeared to be multiple points of …

Thuraya Telecommunications Company held meetings with senior officials from the Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah Police Air Wings to showcase a suite of Satcom products and services. As the main Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) operator in the country, the company has worked with local law enforcement teams before and were …

The UAE Space Agency welcomed an official delegation from Kuwaiti scientific, research, and academic institutions visiting the UAE this week to learn about the experience, achievements and future plans of the UAE space sector. The delegation included representatives from Kuwait University, Kuwait Advanced Technology Foundation, and Kuwait Institute for Scientific …

Angola’s first communications satellite, AngoSat-1, will be launched into geostationary orbit on December 7, 2017, according a spokesman for the Russia Space Corporation Energia (RKK Energiya). The launcher to be used will be a Zenit carrier rocket built in Ukraine, and the launch itself shall be from the Baikonur Cosmodrome …

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, announced on October 16, 2017, that Sprint has expanded its contract with Gilat to include a three-year managed service project. This multi-million dollar project includes services and technology to enable Sprint to expand its network coverage. …

Saudi Arabia’s King Saud University and the Northrop Grumman Corporation are joining hands for CyberArabia to foster innovation in cyber security among Saudi university students. The third annual cyber security workshop and competition, CyberArabia, held October 11-12, 2017, is part of the company’s global commitment to cyber education and workforce …

According to Ahmet Arslan, the Turkish Minister for Transport, Maritime Affairs, and Communications, the eagerly anticipated Turkish space agency will be established this legislative year. Quoted in Turkish newspaper The Daily Sabah, Arslan justified the need for a Turkish space agency when he said, “As we have seen, the fact …

Raytheon was recently selected by DigitalGlobe, Inc. as the next-generation WorldView Legion satellite imaging constellation payload provider. Under the contract, Raytheon will deliver the telescopes, detectors, and combined electronics to Space Systems Loral, the WorldView Legion space vehicle integrator. Raytheon’s new payload doubles DigitalGlobe’s capacity to capture multispectral and 30 …

Ethiopia and India have raised the possibility of space cooperation with each other after a state visit to the Horn of Africa country by Indian President Ram Nath Kovind on October 5-7, 2017. The Ethiopian government announced in early 2017 that it intends to build its own medium-sized space launch …