Intelsat, operator of the world’s first Globalized Network, powered by its leading satellite backbone, today announced that Sentech, a leading broadcasting signal distributor in Africa, has extended and expanded its relationship with Intelsat to bolster delivery of media services in sub-Saharan Africa. Sentech has been leveraging Ku-band services from Intelsat …

The Arab Satellite Communications Organization – Arabsat- participated in the Broadcast, Satellite and Digital Media Event for Middle East and North Africa, CABSAT 2017, during March 21-23, 2017, at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. As an active member of the Satellite Interference Reduction Group (IRG), Arabsat sponsored the …

Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, exhibited at the annual CABSAT exhibition in Dubai during March 21-23, 2017, the leading platform for the broadcast, content delivery, digital media and satellite sectors across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. The company showcased Live transmission of 4K UHD channel via Es’hailSat satellite …

Samer Halawi has amicably resigned from his position as Chief Executive Officer of Dubai-based satellite communications company Thuraya, and is headed to a new job in Washington, DC, with an as yet unnamed company, according to Space Intel Report‘s Peter B. de Selding. Halawi, who had been CEO of Thuraya …

SpaceWatch Middle East is proud to announce the launch of its App for Android and iOS smart phones and tablets. The App is available for free from Google Play and iTunes. Readers of SpaceWatch Middle East can now download all the news, opinion, and commentary on Middle Eastern space activities …

China has agreed to contribute U.S.$64 million to the Egyptian earth observation satellite programme, EgyptSat, as part of a new cooperation agreement between the two counties signed on March 21, 2017. The funding will be contingent on a feasibility study on the EgyptSat programme, but is thought to be a …

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced on March 20, 2017, that Yahsat has selected Kratos to support its expanding satellite fleet with command and control (C2), signal monitoring, and data analysis solutions. Kratos’ EPOCH® Integrated Product Suite (IPS) will provide C2 for Yahsat’s …

The case for the creation of a Kuwaiti space agency is growing with prominent Kuwaiti scientists advocating that the Gulf kingdom consider the merits of establishing a formal entity to deal with space issues. Quoted in the English-language newspaper Kuwait Times, scientist Dr. Hala Al-Jassar, an Assistant Professor in the …

Following immediately on the heels of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is leading a delegation to China, arriving on March 19, 2017, in order to discuss and enhance strategic and economic ties between the two countries. Among the various topics to be discussed between Israel and …

As part of his six week-long tour of Asian countries, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia has presided over a major space agreement between his Kingdom and Asia’s leading space power, China. This prominent agreement is a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the King Abdulaziz City of Science …