Unit 8200, the cyber warfare organisation in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), has a new commander. Identified only as Brigadier-General ‘K’, he replaced Brigadier-General ‘S’ at a change-of-command ceremony at the Unit 8200’s home base at Gelilot, north of Tel Aviv. Unit 8200 is the unofficial name for what is …
Read More »UAE’s MBRSC Holds Workshop On Future Technologies For Smart Cities
The Sustainable Energy Programme Section team at Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre held a workshop entitled, “New Engineering and Smart Technologies Shaping Future Cities,” at the first edition of The Future Cities Show 2017, held from April 2-4, 2017. During the workshop, the team briefed participants on the engineering practices …
Read More »SSL and NASA successfully complete first Restore-L milestone
Space Systems Loral (SSL) has successfully completed the Systems Requirements Review (SRR) for the Restore-L project to demonstrate satellite servicing in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). As announced on December 9, 2016, SSL is working with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to build a spacecraft that will use robotics to grasp, …
Read More »Japan Aids Five African and Asian Countries In Building Nano-Satellites
The Japanese government, through the Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan, has completed its “Bird Project” in collaboration with satellite engineers and space agencies from Bangladesh, Ghana, Mongolia, Nigeria, and Thailand. The “Bird Project” consists of five Nanosatellites and seven ground control stations located around the world. The five Nanosatellites …
Read More »SES is Enabling Disaster Response and Connecting Affected Communities
SES offers a broad range of solutions to support humanitarian and disaster relief efforts across the globe. Some of them were showcased during the Humanitarian ICT (Information and Communications Technology) Forum organised by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC), and …
Read More »Iranian Satellite Jamming In Shiraz Could Cause 24,000 Cancer Cases In Coming Years
Iranian politicians representing the city of Shiraz in the Fars district of Iran have publicly claimed that Iranian government satellite jamming activities are causing significant health problems for their constituents. Members of the Iranian parliament (called the Majlis in Farsi), Ali Akbari and Masoud Rezaee, have been vocal in their …
Read More »Kuwait’s GulfSat and Eutelsat Welcome Kuwait TV’s Al-Qurain TV In HD To EUTELSAT-8 West B Satellite
Kuwait TV, the official Kuwaiti state broadcaster and part of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information, announced at CABSAT 2017 in Dubai that the new Al-Qurain TV channel has launched in its free-to-air HD platform hosted on the EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite. The capacity used by Kuwait TV is provided …
Read More »Ahmed Al Shamsi Announced as Acting Thuraya CEO
Thuraya has named Mr. Ahmed Al Shamsi, Chief Technology Officer as temporary Acting Chief Executive Officer of the company, assuming the role immediately. Al Shamsi has been a key member of Thuraya’s leadership team since its inception in 1997. He was directly involved in all phases of its development, from …
Read More »UAE’s XSAT Enters Long-Term Partnership With Yahsat At CABSAT 2017
Yahsat, the UAE-based satellite operator announced the start of a long-term strategic partnership with UAE communications solutions company XSAT. Under the agreement, XSAT is committed to capacity on Yahsat’s upcoming Ka-band Al Yah 3 satellite, to be launched later this year. The two companies signed the agreement during the second …
Read More »Eurasian Economic Union to Integrate Remote Sensing Satellite Capabilities in 2019
The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) plans to create a joint remote earth sensing system by integrating the space- and ground-based capabilities of its member states, to include Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, by 2019. “In the first half of 2018, the Eurasian Economic Commission plans to draft an intergovernmental …
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