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Refugee Crisis – Greece – 2016 WiFi radios being installed in Skaramangas refugee camp. Credits: Disaster Tech Lab From December 1st, SpaceWatch Middle East and its partners PTScientists, neuco, NewSpace People will run a Christmas Donation Campaign 2016. We will donate 100% of the raised money to two organisations: Télécoms …

TeamIndus secure their journey to space with commercial launch contract The only Indian team competing for the Google Lunar XPRIZE, TeamIndus, has taken a crucial step forward to making their dream of soft-landing a spacecraft on the Moon, a reality. The Team has signed a verified commercial launch contract with …

Refugee Crisis – Lesbos – 2015 The escalation of the refugee crisis in August 2015 resulted in the arrival of thousands of refugees daily on the Greek island of Lesvos. DTL initially deployed a small team with the task of building a number of WiFi zones for refugees to use. …

Earlier this week, SpaceWatch Middle East published an Op-Ed by Dr. Michael Simpson, Executive-Director of Secure World Foundation, who wrote about the significance of the Dubai Declaration released in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 24 November 2016. Today, SpaceWatch Middle East publishes the Dubai Declaration in its entirety. Adopted at the first High …

Refugee Crisis – Lesbos – 2015 A deserted lifeboat used by refugees to make the crossing to Lesbos. Credits: Disaster Tech Lab From December 1st, SpaceWatch Middle East and its partners PTScientists, neuco, NewSpace People will run a Christmas Donation Campaign 2016. We will donate 100% of the raised money …

Turkey – 2015 TSF provided mLearning tools for Syrian refugee children in Turkey. Specially selected applications and teacher-guided sessions allowed Syrian children to pursue their education and gain invaluable knowledge in a world that suffers from the risk of a lost generation. Credits: Télécoms Sans Frontières From December 1st, SpaceWatch …

The Better Satellite World Awards Dinner will take place on Monday, 5 December 2016 at One Whitehall Place in London, originally the official residences of the kings of Scotland when residing in England, and now a 5 star hotel. It is an intimate evening for networking and celebration in the beating …

The Balkans and Greece – 2015/2016 Faced with the European Migrant Crisis, TSF set up internet for migrants allowing them to make the most of the vital tool for survival that is their mobile phone. From September 2015 through to June 2016, TSF provided 7 satellite internet connections across the …

Advanced service for secure data communications will be available through experienced satellite solutions consortium. LeoSat Enterprises, which is launching a constellation of up to 108 low-earth-orbit communications satellites, has entered into a strategic agreement with the Globalsat Group, the leading Pan-American satellite services provider, to market the fastest, most secure …

Following the completion of all the necessary regulatory, consultation and approval procedures, Airbus Safran Launchers has now purchased the shares in Arianespace held by the French space agency CNES (Centre national des études spatiales). The transaction will close on 31st December 2016. As industrial lead contractor for Ariane 5 and the …