https://spacewatch.global/tag/arabsat/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:04:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/arabsat/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/02/seraphim-exceeds-100m-target-for-latest-early-stage-spacetech-venture-fund/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 07:00:28 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=71548 Seraphim has successfully closed its latest oversubscribed early-stage venture fund, exceeding its previous $100 million target. Key investors include the British Business Bank (BBB), the National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF). alongside new strategic corporate backers such as Arabsat, join existing partners Eutelsat, NEC, and SKY Perfect JSAT. With this latest close, Seraphim further reinforces its position as one of the world’s leading SpaceTech-focused investment group, now managing more than $550 million in assets under management across its private and public active funds. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/mesc-2026-arabsat-at-50-from-geo-powerhouse-to-hybrid-multi-orbit-future-with-dr-badr-alsuwaidan/ Mon, 26 Jan 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70702 From Muscat, Oman, at the Middle East Space Conference by Novaspace, SpaceWatch.Global Publisher Torsten Kriening sits down with Dr. Badr Alsuwaidan, CEO of Arabsat, to unpack how one of the region’s most established satellite operators is reinventing itself for the next decade.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/08/arabsat-sign-mou-for-satellite-enabled-disaster-response/ Fri, 02 Aug 2024 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56430 Arabsat has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Organization to develop flexible and scalable satellite solutions to enhance disaster response capabilities. Eng. Alhamedi Alanezi, CEO & President of Arabsat, and Dr. Saleh bin Hamad Al-Tuwaijri, Secretary-General of the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Organization, signed the MoU.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/03/aldoria-and-arabsat-collaborate-on-space-safety-and-security/ Thu, 14 Mar 2024 07:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54146 Arabsat and Aldoria have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on enhancing space safety and security. The MoU is one of the fruitful outcomes of the 1st Space Debris Conference in Saudi Arabia held in Riyadh on February 11-12, which the Saudi Space Agency organized.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/arabsat-launches-badr-8-satellite-fearuring-teleo/ Mon, 29 May 2023 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49094 Arabsat has launched its Airbus-built Badr-8 telecommunications satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Based on Airbus’ latest geostationary Eurostar Neo satellite, Badr-8 will provide connectivity for users across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/02/space-cafe-33-minutes-with-markus-fritz-about-mobility-and-space-is-europe-too-late-to-win-the-race/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 09:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46399 Our Space Café “33 minutes with Markus Fritz ” about Mobility and Space – is Europe too late to win the Race? took place on Tuesday, 31 January 2023. In the first part of the conversation, the two discussed the current state of the satellite industry and the challenges it faces. Fritz explained that the industry is in the midst of a transformation and is facing many challenges, such as the cost of launching satellites and the competition between traditional satellite companies and new players entering the market.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-33-minutes-with-markus-fritz-on-31-january-2023/ Mon, 23 Jan 2023 08:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46147 This Space Café WebTalk will feature Markus Fritz, owner and Managing Director of ADVISORIO, in conversation with Torsten Kriening, publisher of SpaceWatch.Global: “Mobility and Space” – is Europe too late to win the Race?”]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/10/arabsat-and-spacex-sign-contract-to-launch-arabsat-7a/ Fri, 07 Oct 2022 06:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=43789 The Arab Satellite Communications Organization, Arabsat, signed a contract with SpaceX to launch its 7A satellite, Arabist said. Arabsat 7A is the first of the company’s 7th generation satellites, featuring the latest technologies with regards to manufacturing, payload, performance, and flexibility.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/08/airbus-to-build-badr-8-satellite-for-arabsat-with-optical-communications-payload-teleo/ Wed, 19 Aug 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=25311&preview=true&preview_id=25311 Airbus has been contracted by Arabsat, one of the world’s top satellite operators, to build BADR-8, their new generation telecommunications satellite. BADR-8 will replace and increase Arabsat’s capacity and augment its core business at the BADR hotspot 26°E.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/mauritanian-satellite-services-provider-css-and-forsway-join-forces-to-boost-west-african-broadband-connectivity/ Thu, 09 Apr 2020 05:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21365 CSS, a West African communications services provider with 20 years of experience supplying critical satellite and broadband services, together with Forsway, a leading provider of innovative solutions tapping satellite and existing terrestrial technologies to enable cost-efficient broadband, announced on 7 April 2020 the next phase of their cooperation in Mauritania to deliver affordable broadband in West Africa.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/saudi-space-commission-casts-wide-net-for-space-cooperation/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 06:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20396 The Saudi Space Commission (SSC) is casting a wide net in its aim to create space cooperation arrangements with friendly countries around the world, with agreements or discussions underway with countries such as Greece, Kuwait, Brazil, Australia, and France.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/satcoms-innovation-group-appoints-helen-weedon-as-managing-director/ Fri, 10 Jan 2020 06:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18504 The Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) has appointed Helen Weedon as Managing Director. The appointment marks significant restructuring of the innovation forum. Helen succeeds Martin Coleman who will commence as a member of the group’s advisory board.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/talias-quika-hts-platform-recognized-by-world-bank-as-innovative-model-for-satellite-broadband-in-africa/ Fri, 22 Nov 2019 06:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17188 Talia Limited, a leading communications solutions provider serving the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the Americas, have announced that their Quika High Throughput Satellite (HTS) platform has been recognised as an innovative business model and technology by the World Bank Group, as detailed in the latest Connecting Africa Through Broadband report.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/sudans-sudasat-to-be-transformed-by-arabsat-6a-and-st-engineerings-newtec-dialog-partnership/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 06:00:35 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16993 Arab Satellite Communications Organization (ARABSAT) announced on 12 November 2019 the signing of a contract between leading satellite service provider, Arabsat, Sudan-based Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) service provider, Sudasat, and global leader in IP-based satellite communications, ST Engineering iDirect. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/sudans-first-satellite-srss-1-launched-by-china/ Wed, 06 Nov 2019 06:00:53 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16840 Sudan's first satellite, the Sudan Remote Sensing Satellite (SRSS)-1, was successfully launched in the morning on 3 November 2019 by a Chinese Long March 4B satellite launch vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in China’s northern Shanxi Province, according to reporting in Space in Africa.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/06/arabsat-welcomes-french-tribunals-verdict-in-bein-satellite-television-dispute/ Mon, 17 Jun 2019 05:00:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14630 The Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) welcomes the Thursday, 13 June 2019, ruling issued by the President of the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris on the false allegations made by Qatar’s beIN Sports and its French-based branch.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/falcon-heavy-launch-lofts-arabsat-6a-and-achieves-historic-triple-rocket-landing/ Fri, 12 Apr 2019 08:52:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13499 SpaceX is celebrating this morning after its Falcon heavy rocket launched the Arabsat 6-A communications satellite and also achieved a triple rocket landing in the process.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/cabsat-2019-belgiums-newtec-successfully-deploys-newtec-dialog-hubs-in-europe-for-arabsat/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 06:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13038 Newtec, a specialist in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for satellite communications, announced on 12 March 2019 it has successfully deployed two Newtec Dialog® hubs in the UK and Finland for Middle East satellite operator Arabsat to enable the company to deliver High Throughput Satellite (HTS) services into the Middle East and African markets.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/spacewatchgl-oped-gvf-continuing-the-satellite-discussion-cabsat-2019/ Wed, 06 Mar 2019 06:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12939 In 2019 CABSAT returns to its traditional March calendar slot and once again the Dubai exhibition will be complemented with an important Global VSAT Forum (GVF) programme of key satellite industry themes which will afford a high-profile to participating speakers and supporting sponsor organizations.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/arianespace-successfully-lofts-communications-satellites-for-india-saudi-arabia/ Thu, 07 Feb 2019 06:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12691 Arianespace has successfully orbited two telecommunications satellites: the Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1/Hellas Sat 4 condosat for operators King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and Hellas Sat; and GSAT-31 for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).]]>