Khayyam, an Iranian satellite has been successfully launched into orbit aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan along with 16 smaller Russian satellites. The Russian-built Kanopus-V Earth-observation satellite is named after Omar Khayyam, a Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet.
Read More »Register Today For Our Space Café Israel by Meidad Pariente On 23 August 2022
This Space Café Israel will feature Dr. Ana Heller, astrophysicist, nano satellite expert, and educator, in conversation with Meidad Pariente, correspondent of SpaceWatch.Global for Israel. Never give up on your dreams - The story of the high school nano-satellite program that became a legend, with Dr. Ana Heller
Read More »Register Today For Our Space Café “33 minutes with Davide Petrillo” On 30 August 2022
This Space Café WebTalk will feature Davide Petrillo, Executive Director of the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), in conversation with Torsten Kriening, publisher of SpaceWatch.Global. Is there (enough) room for the youth in the European space sector? Or we can rephrase it as "Is the space sector ready to hand over to the next generation?".
Read More »UAE announces radar satellite constellation
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced its plans to develop a radar satellite constellation as part of the National Space Fund worth over US $800 million to boost its space sector. The project makes the UAE the first Arab country to develop a constellation of SAR satellites.
Read More »Space Café Israel by Meidad Pariente: Tal Inbar – From start-up nation to space-up nation?
In the first episode of Space Café Israel, Meidad Pariente is in conversation with Tal Inbar, a walking encyclopaedia of knowledge, a member of the History Committee of the International Academy of Astronautics; Board member of D-Mars, Israel's Mars simulations centre. He is also a national mentor for "Horizon", the Israel Space Agency community of space educators.
Read More »Saudi Arabia joins the Artemis Accords
Saudi Arabia is the newest country to join the Artemis Accords, demonstrating its commitment to sustainable space exploration for the benefit of all mankind guided by a common set of principles, NASA said. The Accords was signed by the CEO of the Saudi Space Commission, Mohammed bin Saud Al-Tamimi, on behalf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Read More »Register Today For Our Space Café Israel by Meidad Pariente On 12 July 2022
This Space Café Israel will feature Tal Inbar , space analyst and consultant, Osint & Business intelligence expert, and World Space Week National Coordinator, in conversation with Meidad Pariente, correspondent of SpaceWatch.Global for Israel. Israel - From start-up nation to space-up nation?
Read More »Space Café WebTalk 33 minutes with Dr Deganit Paikowsky – Evolution of the concept of a Space Club by the space powers Recap
Our Space Cafe WebTalk “33 minutes with Dr Deganit Paikowsky - Evolution of the concept of a Space Club by the space powers” took place on Tuesday, 21st June. Dr Deganit Paikowsky is experienced in the interface and interrelations between world politics and technological domains, specializing in space, cyber- and emerging technologies. She combines academic research with hands-on experience.
Read More »Space Café WebTalk 33 minutes with Meidad Pariente: Walking amongst giants – challenges of the private space sector in Israel Recap
Our Space Café WebTalk “33 minutes with Meidad Pariente: Walking amongst giants - challenges of the private space sector in Israel, working in a country with massive defense companies” took place on Tuesday, 7th June. Meidad is an entrepreneur and innovator with more than 25 years of experience in managing technologies. He is the CTO and Co-founder of SPACECIALIST
Read More »Space Café WebTalk 33 minutes with Adnan Al Muhairi – Why Next Gen? – The Thuraya Programme Recap
Our Space Café WebTalk “33 minutes with Adnan Al Muhairi - Why Next Gen? - The Thuraya Programme” took place on Tuesday, 31st May. Adnan Al Muhairi is the Chief Technology Officer of the Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), and has had a distinguished career in the space industry.
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