Middle East

Euroconsult, a global space and satellite strategy consulting and market intelligence firm in collaboration with The Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology of Oman (MTCIT), have announced that it will hold a conference to promote space in the Middle East and the country’s role as a strategic gateway for attracting investments in space applications and technologies into the region. The conference will run from January 8th-10th next year. 

In August 2023, start-ups in the Middle East and North Africa region raised over $76 million through 18 deals, reports ArabNews. In the broader Middle East, Africa and Pakistan region $139 million has been raised across 46 deals in the same period according to venture data research firm MAGNiTT. 

Join us at our next Space Café Israel by Meidad Pariente, - Season 2 - Episode 1, where we have the incredible honor of hosting none other than Uri Oron, the Director General of ISA - the Israel Space Agency! Sky's No Limit: Israel's Trailblazing Odyssey in Space! With a distinguished career spanning over 30 years at the IAF, Uri's vast experience includes serving as the head of the IAF Intelligence Division.

NASA has launched an international crew of four representing four countries into orbit following a successful launch to the International Space Station at 3:27 a.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 26, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Agency’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh commercial crew rotation mission for NASA.

IDDK and the United Arab Emirates’ Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in providing space bio-experiment services using One-Chip Microscopic Observation Technology (MID). This partnership aims to offer space bio-experiment services using IDDK’s microscopic observation technology to UAE researchers and scientists and also to spread this service to other countries.

Axiom Space has announced that it secured $350 million in its Series-C round of growth funding, lifting the total funds it raised to over $505 million from investors and achieving more than $2.2 billion in customer contracts. Aljazira Capital and Boryung Co., Ltd. led the round, with support from various backers, including deep-tech venture capital funds and strategic brand partners. .

In the twelfth episode (1 year anniversary) of Space Café Israel, Meidad Pariente is in conversation with Ayelet Galili, the CFO at Tehiru Space. I'm very versatile, and I have a wide range of interests. I have a degree in interior design, and I worked in it for a little while. I have completed a radio broadcaster course in Radio Tel Avi (102 FM).

OQ Technology, a Satellite communication service in Luxembourg, announced on the 19th of July the signing of the new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aramco, the Saudi Arabian Oil Group. This will strengthen their existing collaboration and going forward they will concentrate on automation and Satellite IoT connectivity for Aramco’s remote site infrastructures. 

Acktar Ltd. has announced that it has successfully completed the first-ever coating of fine ceramics for Kyocera Corporation, Japan. Acktar's expertise was necessary to provide a light-absorbing black coating that works in complement with the excellent physical qualities of Kyocera's cordierite components.

This Space Café Israel will feature Ayelet Galili, Chief Financial Officer at Tehiru Space, in conversation with Meidad Pariente, correspondent of SpaceWatch.Global for Israel. Themed: From a youth village to outer space. Ayelet Galili is a highly accomplished and results-driven executive with 15 years of experience in finance, business development, and HR. Expertise in strategic CFO roles, combinininncial acumen with a keen understanding of operational objectives.