https://spacewatch.global/tag/doha/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 13 Nov 2019 08:44:44 +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/doha/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/eshailsat-showcasing-the-capabilities-of-eshail-1-and-eshail-2-at-africacom-2019/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 08:44:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17004 Cape Town 12th November 2019 - Es’hailSat is exhibiting at the annual AfricaCom exhibition in Cape Town international convention center, the biggest and best tech event in Africa that gathers together senior decision-makers from the entire digital ecosystem. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/qatars-eshailsat-teams-with-bridgesat-to-provide-laser-satellite-communications/ Thu, 21 Feb 2019 06:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12818 Es'hailSat, Qatar Satellite Company and BridgeSat have announced a strategic relationship that will provide businesses and governments across the Middle East with affordable access to laser-based satellite broadband services. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/middle-east-satellite-tv-geopolitics-saudi-owned-mbc-pulls-turkish-programming-off-air/ Tue, 06 Mar 2018 06:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7745 In a move that has confounded industry executives and frustrated millions of Arab satellite television viewers across the Middle East and North Africa, Saudi-owned satellite television broadcaster Middle East Broadcasting Centre (MBC) has pulled all Turkish programming from its channels as of 0100 Mecca Time, on Friday, 2 March, 2018. Instructions to cancel all Turksih […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/11/qatars-eshailsat-talks-eshail-2-doha-teleport-discussions-eshail-3-4/ Fri, 17 Nov 2017 05:05:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=6354 Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, has exhibited at the 3rd Global SatShow conference and exhibition being held on November 9-10, 2017, at Halic in Istanbul, Turkey. This is the third year for the Global SatShow event, dedicated to the entire value chain in the satellite industry, as well as space technology, broadcast, information communications technology […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/09/qatars-eshailsat-ibc-2017/ Mon, 18 Sep 2017 07:16:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5685 Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, is exhibiting at the annual IBC exhibition in Amsterdam, the leading platform for the broadcast, content delivery, digital media and satellite sectors across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. The company is showcasing Es’hail‐1, currently transmitting high quality, premium DTH television content from the 25.5°/26° East neighborhood for leading […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/01/qatars-eshailsat-broadcast-iraqi-anti-sectarian-al-rafidain-tv-channel/ Tue, 10 Jan 2017 08:00:30 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=2900 Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, announced on 8 January 2017 that the Al Rafidain TV channel is now available on Es’hail-1 satellite located at the 25.50 East hotspot covering the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Al Rafidain is an Iraqi satellite TV channel which showcases Iraqi political, economic, cultural and social identity. With […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/10/qatars-eshailsat-reveals-eshail-2-teleport-details-ibc-2016/ Thu, 13 Oct 2016 07:00:43 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=1707 Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, exhibited at the annual IBC conference and exhibition held on 9‐13 September at RAI in Amsterdam. IBC is the premier annual event for the global broadcast, content delivery, digital media and satellite sectors. The company showcased Es’hail‐1, currently broadcasting high quality, premium high definition content from the key Middle East […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/05/china-arab-states-agree-promote-beidou-gnss-use-middle-east/ Mon, 23 May 2016 07:00:21 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=568 China and the League of Arab States (LAS) agreed to promote the use of China’s BeiDou global navigation satellite system (GNSS) at the 7th Ministerial Meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum held in Doha, Qatar, on 16 May 2016. The BeiDou system is a rival to the US Global Positioning System (GPS), Russia’s GLONASS, […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/05/securing-reliable-satellite-navigation-middle-east/ Sun, 15 May 2016 07:00:38 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=516 It is difficult to overstate the critical importance of satellite navigation for the Middle East, yet the service is vulnerable to disruption. ThorGroup’s Dr. John B. Sheldon examines the threats to satellite navigation in the region, and ways to mitigate their worst effects. When Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seized two US Navy boats making […]]]>