Space Economy News

  Gilat Satellite Networks announced on March 17 the appointment of Yona Ovadia as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective from March 31. Ovadia will replace current interim CEO Dov Baharav, who will stay on at Gilat as Chairman of its board of directors. Baharav took over as interim CEO …

A Russian press report dated March 16 suggests that Roscosmos, the Russian state corporation responsible for space activities, has offered launch services to Morocco’s Royal Centre for Remote Sensing, should the North African country seek to “resume” its remote sensing satellite programme. The Russians launched Morocco’s Maroc-TubSat from the Baikonur …

According to Iranian and Azerbaijani press reports, Iran and Turkey, along with other member states of the Chinese-based Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO) agreed on March 11 to proceed with the design and construction of a remote sensing satellite. The decision follows the Fiscal Year 2015 APSCO Audit Commission meeting …

Building and launching a satellite is one thing, but keeping the costs down is another. Satellite operators are constantly looking for ways in which they can get more for their money and deliver a satellite of the highest quality but at lower cost. The use of electric propulsion can provide …

The desperate plight of refugees fleeing their lives in the war-ravaged and unstable countries of the Middle East has reach epic proportions. The crisis has brought into sharp focus the families torn apart and the extreme conditions that migrants are facing on a daily basis. Even when they reach their …

The EUTELSAT 9B satellite has been fully powered up and is now providing TV services to homes across Europe. The satellite has replaced EUTELSAT 9A to broadcast more than 350 channels, of which, 100 are in HD. The channels are being broadcast to cable, DTH and DTT homes. The new satellite …

SpeedCast, a global satellite communications and network service provider, has been appointed by NEDA Telecommunications to build a satellite-connected secured private network for one of the ministry offices of the Government of Afghanistan. Founded in 2003, NEDA is the first licensed Internet service provider in Afghanistan. Under this multi-year service agreement, SpeedCast …

OSN, a pay-TV provider in the Middle East and North Africa, has signed a contract with Eutelsat in order to ramp up capacity for new High Definition (HD) channels as well as the introduction of Ultra HD services. Under the agreement, signed on the first day of Dubai’s annual Cabsat event, …

ABS has been granted landing rights from the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) to operate its first satellite in Brazil. Operating on both C and Ku bands, the ABS-3A satellite will serve a range of verticals including mobile backhaul, rural broadband, video, oil and gas, and mobility applications. ABS-3A, an all-electrical propulsion …

The Department of Space/Indian Space Research Organisation (DOS/ISRO) and the Kuwait Institute of Scientific Research (KISR) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes. This MOU will enable the pursuit of potential areas of interest in both cooperative …