https://spacewatch.global/tag/middle-east-space-conference/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:44:12 +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/middle-east-space-conference/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/space-cafe-radio-with-dr-ali-al-shidhani/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=72641 Oman signed the Artemis Accords, grew space investment by 200% in three years, and is building a launch port. Dr. Ali Al Shidhani tells Torsten Kriening how Oman Vision 2040 is making space a strategic pillar.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/02/space-cafe-radio-with-h-e-salem-al-marri/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=71391 In this powerful episode of Space Cafe Radio, recorded live at the Middle East Space Conference 2026 in Muscat, Oman, Torsten Krieningsits down with H.E. Salem Al Marri, Managing Director of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), to reflect on one of the most remarkable space transformations of the past two decades.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/mesc-2026-from-finance-to-orbit-and-back-to-impact-with-jodi-bartin/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70778 On the final day of the Middle East Space Conference in Muscat, Torsten Kriening sits down with Jodi Bartin, CEO of Citicourt & Co, for a candid conversation about what really matters when capital meets space.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/mesc-2026-why-the-middle-east-space-moment-is-now-with-pacome-revillon/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:30:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70779 In this Space Café Clip from the second edition of the Middle East Space Conference by Novaspace in Muscat, Torsten Kriening sits down with Pacome Revillon, CEO of Novaspace, to unpack what is driving the region’s accelerating space momentum - and why this conference matters now.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/mesc-2026-from-vision-to-ops-building-omans-sovereign-satellite-capability-with-salim-al-alawi/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:30:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70781 In this Space Café Clip from the second edition of the Middle East Space Conference by Novaspace in Muscat, Torsten Kriening speaks with Salim Al Alawi, CEO of Space Communication Technologies (SCT), the company appointed to manage and operate OmanSat-1. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/mesc-2026-omansat-1-and-the-future-of-sovereign-connectivity-with-stephane-vesval/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70777 In this Space Café Clip from the second edition of the Middle East Space Conference by Novaspace in Muscat, Torsten Kriening speaks with Stéphane Vesval, SVP Sales Space Systems at Airbus Defence and Space.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/mesc-2026-independent-access-to-space-why-latitude-is-looking-beyond-europe-with-stanislas-maximin/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:30:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70776 In this Space Café Clip from the second edition of the Middle East Space Conference by Novaspace in Muscat, Torsten Kriening sits down with Stanislas Maximin, Founder and Executive Chairman of Latitude.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/mesc-2026-from-policy-to-people-how-oman-is-building-a-space-economy-with-dr-saoud-al-shoaili/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70767 In this Space Café Clip from the second edition of the Middle East Space Conference by Novaspace in Muscat, Torsten Kriening sits down with Dr Saoud Al Shoaili, Head of the National Space Programme at Oman’s Ministry of Transport, Communication and IT.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/mesc-2026-why-oman-is-emerging-as-the-neutral-space-hub-of-the-middle-east-with-ammar-al-rawahi/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70764 In this Space Café Clip from the second edition of the Middle East Space Conference by Novaspace in Muscat, Torsten Kriening speaks with Ammar Al Rawahi, one of the region’s outspoken space experts.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/mesc-2026-from-poland-to-oman-building-sovereign-eo-capabilities-with-lukasz-maciejewski/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70761 In this Space Café Clip from the second edition of the Middle East Space Conference by Novaspace in Muscat, Torsten Kriening sits down with Łukasz Maciejewski, CTO of SatRev S.A., to talk about something very tangible: how space capability is built on the ground, step by step.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/mesc-2026-middle-east-space-conference-28-january-2026-day-3/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70758 Yesterday was the day where the region’s space momentum felt tangible. Not as a slogan, but as a working ecosystem: partnerships being forged, projects being explained without buzzwords, and international players openly discussing why Oman is becoming more than “the next market” - it is positioning itself as a place to build.]]> 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.]]>