https://spacewatch.global/tag/riyadh/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:25:52 +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/riyadh/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/spacewatchgl-opinion-what-saudi-arabias-space-strategy-reveals-about-the-future-of-global-cooperation-and-europes-role-in-it/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70317
Written by Markus Hauser
In recent weeks, I spent several days in Riyadh speaking with policymakers, researchers, and industry leaders who are shaping Saudi Arabia’s growing space ambitions. I arrived with a good understanding of Vision 2030 from reports and briefings. I left with a much clearer sense of what it looks like when a national strategy is actively lived and implemented.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/12/space-nuggets-48-2024/ Sun, 01 Dec 2024 17:53:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=62606 In this week's nugget, we celebrate Prof. Dr. Thomas Schildknecht, winner of the 2024 TS Kelso Award, for his groundbreaking work in space debris tracking and sustainability. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/11/space-cafe-radio-on-tour-in-riyadh-with-dr-valanathan-munsami/ Thu, 17 Nov 2022 08:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44766 In this episode of Space Cafè Radio Editor in Chief Dr. Emma Gatti spoke with Dr. Valanathan Munsami, the Senior Advisor to the CEO of the Saudi Space Agency. This interview took place during the Connecting the World from the Skies forum, which was held in Riyadh from the 8th to the 10th of November 2022. The conference was hosted by the International Telecommunication Union and the Communications, Space & Technology Commission of Saudi Arabia with the theme being “connecting the unconnected”. Important indications of where Saudi Arabia wants to situate itself within the global Space economy, the directions it wants to follow, the vision it would like to cultivate, and the investment it intends to pursue, were showcased. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/middle-east-space-and-satellite-news-roundup-for-november-2018/ Wed, 21 Nov 2018 06:00:01 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11458 It has been a busy few weeks in the Middle Eastern satellite and space sector, with developments and activities taking place from Morocco to Iran, and all points in between. The following is a roundup of the regional space and satellite news that was not previously covered in-depth by SpaceWatch.MiddleEast.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/04/saudi-arabian-delegation-visits-uae-space-agency-abu-dhabi/ Tue, 03 Apr 2018 05:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8151 The UAE has become a trailblazer in the Arab world in the field of space and satellite technology, an effort that is a part of a wider economic diversification initiative by the UAE government to ween the Gulf Arab state off of its economic dependency on hydrocarbons. It appears that neighbouring Gulf Arab countries are taking note, as a recent visit to the UAE Space Agency by a prominent delegation from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia demonstrates.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/middle-east-satellite-tv-geopolitics-saudi-owned-mbc-pulls-turkish-programming-off-air/ Tue, 06 Mar 2018 06:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7745 This content is for members only. 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