Taqnia, a Saudi firm dedicated to accelerating technology development for Saudi Arabia, in partnership with the King Abdullah City for Science and Technology (KACST), has signed an agreement with DigitalGlobe, a North American-based global provider of commercial high‑resolution Earth imagery products and services. This joint venture, announced on February 21, …

According to a report in late February from the Tass news agency, Russia is moving toward signing a contract with Iran to launch an Iranian-built satellite in the next several years. “We hope to sign the satellite launch contract by the middle of April. If the contract is signed, the …

The Department of Space/Indian Space Research Organisation (DOS/ISRO) and the Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research (KISR) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes. This MOU will enable the pursuit of potential areas of interest in both cooperative …

SkyFi, an Israel-based technology start-up, has raised US$3 million in its first round of fundraising to create worldwide internet access through a network of 60 satellites which cost, in total, less than one conventional satellite. SkyFi has developed patented technology to reduce the cost of putting satellites into orbit and …

Readers around the world are afforded a view over central-eastern Egypt by the Sentinel-2A satellite. Sitting between the Nile River and the Red Sea, the landscape captured in the image is of the arid Eastern Desert, punctuated by water erosion from rivers and streams that makes the distinctive pattern. The vivid red, which …

The head of the European Space Agency is set on building a permanent lunar base. The team behind this vision offers a glimpse of  Moon Village By Adrienne Harebottle It was around half a century ago that the Russians first landed there. Then it was the Americans that first walked …

Proliferation of military satellite applications breeds dependency which, in turn, leads to adversaries developing counterspace capabilities. With the Middle East pushing ahead with space ambitions, a flurry of space weapons seems inevitable. As the space arms race peaks, how long will it take before warfare in space begins? By John …

The country managed to develop one of the region’s foremost space programmes while being economically strangled by severe sanctions. Now that the heaviest shackles have been removed, what is Iran capable of? By John B. Sheldon Iran has maintained a space programme for more than 10 years, making it one …