https://spacewatch.global/tag/etlaq-spaceport/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:22:09 +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/etlaq-spaceport/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/mesc-2026-from-geography-to-launchpad-why-etlaq-is-putting-oman-on-the-global-space-map/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70780 In this Space Café Clip from the second edition of the Middle East Space Conference by Novaspace in Muscat, Torsten Kriening speaks with Haitham Almahrizi, COO of Etlaq Spaceport. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/10/oman-set-for-launch-as-regulator-announces-spaceflight-framework/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=68454 Oman’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has introduced a framework to approve commercial space launch activities. Etlaq Spaceport, the region’s first commercial spaceflight hub, has welcomed the announcement. The recently issued Civil Aviation Directive (CAD 5-01) sets out the process for coordinating spaceflight activities within Oman’s airspace. Under the directive, companies seeking launch approval must submit an evidence-based safety case to the CAA in order to reserve launch windows in the Muscat Flight Information Region (FIR). ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/02/pld-space-to-launch-from-etlaq-spaceport-expanding-global-coverage/ Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=64088 PLD Space has announced that the Etlaq spaceport in Oman will be its second global launch base for the MIURA launch vehicle family. Raul Verdú, Co-founder and CBDO of PLD Space, signed the agreement with the Founder & CEO of Etlaq, His Highness Sayyid Azzan bin Qais Al Said, at the first annual Etlaq Launch Conference (ELC 2025), held in Muscat (Oman).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/11/nascom-awards-etlaq-spaceport-contract-to-uklsl/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 07:00:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=52326 The National Aerospace Services Company (NASCOM), the Sultanate of Oman's premier aerospace company, has awarded the UK Launch Service Limited the first major contract to deliver the plan for Etlaq Spaceport. ]]>