https://spacewatch.global/tag/2019-global-space-congress/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 18 Feb 2020 06:00:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/2019-global-space-congress/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/ngc-aerospace-and-uaes-national-space-science-and-technology-centre-to-jointly-develop-flight-software-of-an-earth-observation-satellite/ Tue, 18 Feb 2020 06:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19491 The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC), the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) and NGC Aerospace, have signed a collaboration agreement and initiated the joint development of the flight software for a HyperSpectral Earth-observation satellite.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/07/spacewa/ Sun, 28 Jul 2019 08:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15285 During the Space Generation Advisory Council Event in Kuwait, SpaceWatch.Global Editor Chaitanya Gopal had the chance to sit down with Dr. Bassam Alfeeli, the Founder of Orbital Space,  the first private company in the Middle East to provide access to space through CubeSat technology. Here, he talks about his ambitions for the company and his goal of building a space programme in Kuwait.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/05/uae-space-agency-taps-exolaunch-for-meznsat-launch-by-end-of-2019/ Thu, 16 May 2019 05:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14111 The UAE Space Agency and Exolaunch have announced a joint agreement to launch MeznSat into orbit by the end of this year. The agreement was signed during the recent Global Space Congress in Abu Dhabi.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/pakistans-suparco-said-to-be-in-talks-with-uae-on-space-cooperation/ Tue, 26 Mar 2019 06:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13192 Pakistan’s space agency, the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), is believed to be in talks with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on developing an agenda for possible space cooperation, according to a senior SUPARCO official quoted in the UAE newspaper Khaleej Times.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/cness-jean-yves-le-gall-in-abu-dhabi-for-bilateral-talks-gsc-and-to-present-iac-2020-to-dubai/ Mon, 25 Mar 2019 06:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13195 A delegation from the French national space agency, the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES) attended the third Global Space Congress (GSC) held in Abu Dhabi from 19 to 21 March 2019, organized by the United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA) under the high patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Emir of Dubai.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/bahrain-and-uaes-mohammed-bin-rashid-space-centre-sign-space-cooperation-agreement/ Thu, 21 Mar 2019 06:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13154 To enhance the cooperation strategy with different government organisations in the region, the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, MBRSC, has signed a cooperation, information and data-sharing agreement with Bahrain's National Space Science Agency, NSSA, for the application of satellite images and space research sciences.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/pan-arab-group-for-space-collaboration-founded-in-abu-dhabi/ Thu, 21 Mar 2019 06:00:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13150 Under the patronage and presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, the second edition of the Global Space Congress commenced on 19 March 2019 in Abu Dhabi.]]>