https://spacewatch.global/tag/oman-vision-2040/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:24:33 +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/oman-vision-2040/ 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/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/2022/10/omans-first-satellite-is-ready-to-launch-from-the-uk/ Mon, 24 Oct 2022 06:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44191 The first Omani satellite, Aman, has been successfully integrated with Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket, awaiting to be deployed into low Earth orbit, by Virgin from Newquay, Cornwall, UK. LauncherOne is already on the launch site, awaiting its launch license from the British government. This will be the first launch from UK soil and the first international launch for Virgin.]]>