https://spacewatch.global/tag/kyrgyzstan/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 25 Mar 2019 06:00:05 +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/kyrgyzstan/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/central-asian-states-discuss-cooperation-on-common-earth-observation-satellite-project/ Mon, 25 Mar 2019 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13108 Kazakhstan proposed an Earth observation satellite programme to the official governmental delegations of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan at a meeting of the first Central Asian Economic Forum at Uzexpocenter, according to a Trend News Agency report via Uzbek media.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/gmv-takes-control-of-first-six-oneweb-satellites/ Thu, 07 Mar 2019 06:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12960 On 27 February 2019 at 21.37 UTC the first six satellites of OneWeb's constellation were successfully launched on a Soyuz rocket from the Kourou spaceport. These six satellites form part of a constellation to be made up initially by 648 low earth orbit (LEO) satellites, possibly building up to over 900 as needed to meet clients' growing needs.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/uzbekistan-widens-partnerships-for-emerging-space-programme/ Mon, 19 Nov 2018 06:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11392 Uzbekistan is discussing the joint development, manufacture, and operation of a communications satellite with Russia and Kazakhstan, according to media reports in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/china-creates-virtual-ground-stations-in-ten-countries-for-eo-data/ Tue, 25 Sep 2018 05:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10507 China's Institute of Aerospace Information Research has helped ten countries install virtual ground stations in order to receive remote sensing data, it was announced last week.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/kazakhstan-and-uzbekistan-satcom-cooperation-and-central-asian-earth-observation-satellite-system/ Tue, 25 Sep 2018 05:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10525 https://spacewatch.global/2018/04/bangladeshs-bangabandhu-1-satellite-due-4th-may-launch-cape-canaveral/ Tue, 17 Apr 2018 05:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8355 Bangladesh's first satellite, the Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite, is set to be launched on board a SpaceX Falcon-9 space launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 4 May 2018, according to Mohammed Mezbahuzzaman, project director of the satellite programme.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/bangladeshs-bangabandhu-1-communications-satellite-shipped-florida-launch-preparations/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 05:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8096 Bangladesh’s space ambitions are closer to reality. The Bangabandhu-1 communications satellite has been shipped to Florida for its upcoming launch. The satellite’s manufacturer, Thales Alenia Space of France, has sent it from its warehouse in Cannes for arrival on 30 March 2018.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/kyrgyzstan-media-group-start-cubesat-programme-promote-womens-rights/ Thu, 15 Mar 2018 06:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7803 A media collective called Kloop Media in Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet Republic in Central Asia, has started a Cubesat programme exclusively for Kyrgyz girls and women. Kloop Media started the programme in an effort to address widespread discrimination, misogyny, and even physical abuse against women in Kyrgyzstan by raising awareness and demonstrating the skills, intelligence, […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/bangladesh-join-saarc-south-asia-satellite-project/ Fri, 09 Mar 2018 06:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7760 India’s proactive initiative to connect South Asian countries with its South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) South Asia Satellite has received a boost with the recent announcement and agreement that Bangladesh will use the capability. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) plans to send a proposal to the Bangladeshi prime minister seeking permission to […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/01/iran-use-azerbaijani-imaging-satellite/ Fri, 05 Jan 2018 05:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=6951 A source within the Iranian communications industry revealed to Trend News in late December 2017 that Iran would continue to utilize Azerbaijan’s AzerSky satellite. The source further stated that the two countries have discussed the possibility for increased cooperation regarding satellite operations during 2018. The AzerSky satellite was sold to Azerbaijan in December 2014 by […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/06/iran-set-join-eurasian-economic-union-participate-blocs-space-activities/ Fri, 09 Jun 2017 07:00:22 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=4704 Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) are close to cementing a free trade deal that would see Tehran join the trade bloc built around former Soviet republics by the end of 2017. Once this happens, Iran will also be poised to participate in the EAEU’s nascent space activities. The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) plans […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/04/india-build-earth-observation-satellite-armenia-build-human-capacity/ Fri, 28 Apr 2017 07:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=4221 India is to build an Earth observation satellite for Armenia, as well as train Armenian scientists in the use of the system and handling and interpreting its data, according to Indian press reports. The agreement comes after the Indian Vice-President Hamid Ansari held talks with the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan and Foreign […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/03/eurasian-economic-union-integrate-remote-sensing-satellite-capabilities-2019/ Wed, 29 Mar 2017 06:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=3818 The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) plans to create a joint remote earth sensing system by integrating the space- and ground-based capabilities of its member states, to include Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan, by 2019. “In the first half of 2018, the Eurasian Economic Commission plans to draft an intergovernmental agreement and an intergovernmental program […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/06/astropolitics-iranian-turkish-competition-central-asia/ Sun, 19 Jun 2016 08:02:40 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=789 As both Iran and Turkey look to Central Asia to enhance their diplomatic and economic prospects and standings, space cooperation will become a more important and useful tool for gaining relative geopolitical advantage in the region for both countries. Who is better able to exploit the opportunities for space cooperation in Central Asia will matter […]]]>