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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 …

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 …

Satellite operator partners with Newtec for its expansion plans UAE-based satellite operator Yahsat has partnered with satellite equipment manufacturer Newtec for its 2017 expansion project in Brazil. The tie-up, which was announced during Latin America Satellite Congress, will see Newtec’s service platforms and operating systems being used to increase Yahsat …

Telecommunications services provider Quantis is working to connect 4,000 schools in Morocco. The company, which provides Internet, voice, data and satellite TV services, signed a deal this September with satellite equipment manufacturer Newtec for the Dialog multiservice platform. The Dialog hub will complement Quantis’ existing satellite infrastructure and enable Nortis, …

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and Abu Dhabi Airports signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on September 8 in a move to facilitate the exchange of information and data. This cooperation will extend to knowledge and experience transfer as well as and human resources development. According to the MOU, MBRSC …