Phillipines – January 2014 Bantayan, Cebu January 2014 paying respects to the resilience and faith of the people of bantayan island .. and other Philippines areas devastated by typhoon yolanda. Credits: Disaster Tech Lab From December 1st, SpaceWatch Middle East and its partners PTScientists, neuco, NewSpace People will run a …
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Iraq – 2014 In 2014, TSF set up an emergency mLearning centre at the heart of an IDP camp in Iraq. Over 70 children each day could benefit from educational and creative activities, allowing them to continue learning whilst taking their mind off the horror that surrounded them. Credits: Télécoms …
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Philippines – November 2013 Hurricane Yolanda/Haiyan hit the Philippines on November 8th 2013 killing nearly 10,000 people. Disaster Tech Lab deployed a team to the island of Cebu to assist in the relief efforts by providing communication services. In the period between November 8th 2013 and April 10th 2014 DTL …
Read More »The #SpaceWatchME Interviews: Markus Fritz of Eutelsat
In the latest SpaceWatch Middle East interview series, Torsten Kriening speaks to Markus Fritz, Director of Commercial Development and Marketing, at Eutelsat. They discuss the Middle East satellite market, areas for growth, company innovation and the future of the business. Eutelsat is one of the satellite operators in the Middle …
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Vanuatu – 2015 Cyclone Pam blew through Vanuatu in March 2015, cutting communications and isolating its 81 islands from one another. TSF provided satellite internet to each of the 6 provinces in order to reinforce communications and coordination efforts, whilst providing a calling service to some 1,147 families on the …
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Refugee Crisis – Greece 2016 Installation of point-2-point link on Lesbos providing the fastest network backbone (500 Mbps) of the Refugee Crisis. Credits: Disaster Tech Lab From December 1st, SpaceWatch Middle East and its partners PTScientists, neuco, NewSpace People will run a Christmas Donation Campaign 2016. We will donate 100% …
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Syria – 2015/2016 Alongside Syria Charity, TSF implemented a mHealth programme for the Azaz district of northwestern Syria. The digital solution developed by TSF allows medical workers to collect and process health data in one of the world’s most dangerous environments, thus improving healthcare amongst those who require vital assistance. …
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Philippines – Cebu mission – March/April 2014 Field deployment kit, planning the network in Camp Arapal. Credits: Disaster Tech Lab From December 1st, SpaceWatch Middle East and its partners PTScientists, neuco, NewSpace People will run a Christmas Donation Campaign 2016. We will donate 100% of the raised money to two …
Read More »Day 07 – #SpaceWatchME helps – Donation Campaign
Vanuatu – 2015 Cyclone Pam blew through Vanuatu in March 2015, cutting communications and isolating its 81 islands from one another. TSF provided satellite internet to each of the 6 provinces in order to reinforce communications and coordination efforts, whilst providing a calling service to some 1,147 families on the …
Read More »Turkish reconnaissance satellite GÖKTÜRK-1 launched successfully
Arianespace has successfully launched the GÖKTÜRK-1 satellite within the scope of a turnkey contract with Telespazio on behalf of the Turkish Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM). The launch took place on December 5, 2016 at 10:51:44 a.m. local time, from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. This was …
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