Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander, launched on April 12, 2017, the UAE National Space Programme and approved the programme’s strategy. …
Read More »UAE’s MBRSC Holds Workshop On Future Technologies For Smart Cities
The Sustainable Energy Programme Section team at Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre held a workshop entitled, “New Engineering and Smart Technologies Shaping Future Cities,” at the first edition of The Future Cities Show 2017, held from April 2-4, 2017. During the workshop, the team briefed participants on the engineering practices …
Read More »Kuwait’s GulfSat and Eutelsat Welcome Kuwait TV’s Al-Qurain TV In HD To EUTELSAT-8 West B Satellite
Kuwait TV, the official Kuwaiti state broadcaster and part of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information, announced at CABSAT 2017 in Dubai that the new Al-Qurain TV channel has launched in its free-to-air HD platform hosted on the EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite. The capacity used by Kuwait TV is provided …
Read More »UAE’s XSAT Enters Long-Term Partnership With Yahsat At CABSAT 2017
Yahsat, the UAE-based satellite operator announced the start of a long-term strategic partnership with UAE communications solutions company XSAT. Under the agreement, XSAT is committed to capacity on Yahsat’s upcoming Ka-band Al Yah 3 satellite, to be launched later this year. The two companies signed the agreement during the second …
Read More »Arabsat Sponsors Satellite Interference Reduction Group Workshop at CABSAT 2017
The Arab Satellite Communications Organization – Arabsat- participated in the Broadcast, Satellite and Digital Media Event for Middle East and North Africa, CABSAT 2017, during March 21-23, 2017, at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. As an active member of the Satellite Interference Reduction Group (IRG), Arabsat sponsored the …
Read More »Qatar’s Es’hailSat Shows Presence at CABSAT 2017
Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, exhibited at the annual CABSAT exhibition in Dubai during March 21-23, 2017, the leading platform for the broadcast, content delivery, digital media and satellite sectors across the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. The company showcased Live transmission of 4K UHD channel via Es’hailSat satellite …
Read More »Samer Halawi Departs UAE’s Thuraya for U.S. Position
Samer Halawi has amicably resigned from his position as Chief Executive Officer of Dubai-based satellite communications company Thuraya, and is headed to a new job in Washington, DC, with an as yet unnamed company, according to Space Intel Report‘s Peter B. de Selding. Halawi, who had been CEO of Thuraya …
Read More »UAE Aims To Be Global Hub For Science, Knowledge, and Exploration
The UAE is a young country that has fast transitioned into a global hub for producing knowledge. With its ‘Shuttle of Hope’, the country has re-affirmed that nothing is impossible. An interactive session titled ‘Above and Beyond Conventional Topics’ at the Public Diplomacy and Government Communication Forum, in Dubai on …
Read More »UAE’s MBRSC Signs Space Cooperation Agreement With Korea Aerospace Research Institute
The Dubai, United Arab Emirates’ Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) in South Korea with the goal of cooperating on various space-related activities and transferring expertise. The MoU was signed by His Excellency Yousuf Hamad Al …
Read More »UAE’s Nayif-1 transmits its first message from space in Arabic
The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, announced that Nayif-1 has transmitted its first message in Arabic from space – a quote by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai: ‘‘The renaissance …
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