https://spacewatch.global/tag/spacewatch-middle-east/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:45:27 +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/spacewatch-middle-east/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%af-%d9%85%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%83-eid-mubarak-3/ Sun, 24 May 2020 09:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22847 SpaceWatch.Global wishes all of our Muslim friends and readers a Blessed Eid and our warm wishes to you and your families!  ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/iran-space-agency-says-satellite-projects-funded-2019/ Wed, 06 Jun 2018 05:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8888 The head of the Iran Space Agency (ISA), Morteza Barari, announced on 3 June 2018 that all current Iranian satellite projects are funded until the end of the Iranian fiscal year ending 21 March 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/saudi-arabia-rumoured-funding-ukrainian-hypersonic-spaceplane/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 04:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8052 Saudi Arabia is thought to be footing the financial bill for a hypersonic spaceplane concept capable of launching small satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO) being developed by Ukrainian space company Yuzhnoye, according to Russian space journalist Anatoly Zak writing in Popular Mechanics.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/greece-creates-space-agency-bid-economic-strategic-benefits/ Thu, 22 Mar 2018 06:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7896 The Greek space agency – known formally as the Hellenic Space Agency – was officially announced on Monday, 19 March, 2018, in Athens by the Greek Minister for Digital Policy and Media, Nikos Pappas, and the General Secretary of Telecommunications and Post, Vassilis Maglaras.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/02/iran-set-launch-four-satellites-soon-warns-parallel-irgc-space-programme/ Wed, 07 Feb 2018 05:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7385 https://spacewatch.global/2017/12/season-thoughts-2017-spacewatch-global/ Tue, 26 Dec 2017 07:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=6757 A message from ThorGroup Management In our last Seasonal Thoughts 2017 we spoke about our recent past and where we stand today. Now, we are ready to disclose a few of our plans for next year. As of January 2018 we will go global – SpaceWatch.Global! SpaceWatch Middle East will take on a broader scope […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/12/spacewatchme-wishes-merry-christmas-2/ Sun, 24 Dec 2017 06:00:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=6745 As this exciting year comes to an end, we would like to thank you, our Readers, for all your interest, feedback and the trust you have placed in us. Thank you to all the existing and new partners! When we started our journey at SpaceWatch Middle East 20 months ago, we did not expect your overwhelming […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/12/season-thoughts-2017-two-years-thorgroup-first-outlook-2018/ Wed, 13 Dec 2017 05:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=6601 A message from ThorGroup Management We established ThorGroup over two years ago now. Our vision was to start a publication that focused on space in emerging areas of the world. The first area, and an area of our own interest and expertise, was the Middle East. Where ThorGroup does the analytics and business intelligence on space […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/11/spacewatchme-oped-ghana-satellite-programme-the-space-race-is-on/ Sun, 05 Nov 2017 03:00:35 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=6179 Countries all over the African continent are emerging as potential space nations. Nigeria is already established in space. Ethiopia is set to build and launch a satellite and develop its own launch vehicle in the next five years. Sudan, Kenya, and Angola are all eager to set out their stalls in space too. But there […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/10/iran-space-agency-provides-update-status-satellites-world-space-week-event/ Thu, 26 Oct 2017 07:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=6082 During a press conference marking World Space Week, the head of the Iran Space Agency (ISA), Mohsen Bahrami, provided an update to the status of the five indigenously built satellites awaiting launch in Iran. The satellites (Doosti, Amir Kabir, Nahid 1, Zafar, and Pars 1) are all “on the agenda and their launch contracts have […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/10/iran-announces-plans-join-two-apsco-projects/ Wed, 04 Oct 2017 06:05:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5863 https://spacewatch.global/2017/10/knowledge-transfer-mena-leapfrogging-learning-curve/ Sun, 01 Oct 2017 08:00:42 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5831 As more countries around the world look to develop their own space capabilities, organisations, and policies, SpaceWatch Middle East’s Editor-in-Chief, Helen Jameson, examines the importance of technology transfer in developing space power in the Middle East and Africa. Space. It’s becoming a priority, and the fascination and realisation that what happens above us is becoming […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/09/spacewatchme-oped-strategic-implications-irans-simorgh-space-launch-vehicle-test/ Sun, 24 Sep 2017 08:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5780 Iran’s test launch of its Simorgh space launch vehicle (SLV) on July 27, 2017, caused significant yet unsurprising controversy throughout the international community. Two months later, with the dust literally settling, Natalie Fuchs – SpaceWatch Middle East’s contributing editor on all things Iranian space – argues that it is possible that the U.S., its allies, and others such as […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/09/iran-reconsiders-human-spaceflight-policy-seeks-send-humans-space-2025/ Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:01:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5752 The head of Iran’s Astronautics Research Institute (ARI), Fathollah Ommi, has stated that Iran is “conducting research to send a man to space,” with the intent to be able to act on this research within eight years. Iran’s human spaceflight programme has had a series of fits and starts, most recently canceling a project to […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/09/spacewatchme-interviews-meir-moalem-sky-space-global/ Sun, 10 Sep 2017 07:00:53 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5620 It is just over two months since SpaceWatch Middle East last spoke to Meir Moalem, CEO and Managing Director of Sky and Space Global (SAS). In that time, the company has come through a period of in-orbit testing of its 3 Diamonds satellites and, just last week, achieved a successful demonstration of their technology. Not […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/09/uaes-mars-ambitions-middle-east-trailblazer/ Sun, 03 Sep 2017 08:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5573 The UAE’s mission to Mars and its proposed Martian colony to be established by 2117 have garnered many headlines around the world. What is less known, however, are the critical economic and societal drivers behind these ambitious projects that are vital to the prosperity of the UAE well into the future. Helen Jameson, Editor-in-Chief of SpaceWatch […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/09/eid-al-adha-mubarak/ Fri, 01 Sep 2017 05:30:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5570 The publisher and editors of Spacewatch Middle East wishes all of our Muslim readers Eid Al-Adha Mubarak!]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/08/spacewatchme-interviews-moriba-jah-creating-space-taxonomy-space-situational-awareness/ Sun, 27 Aug 2017 08:00:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5513 Our planet has a problem… or rather we have created a problem. The Earth’s orbital regimes are becoming increasingly populated with not only satellites but bits of debris of varying sizes: spent rocket stages, nuts, bolts, even fragments of paint and all of these objects pose a threat to operational spacecraft and the space environment. […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/08/swmethemes-chinas-space-silk-road-middle-east-chinese-space-silk-road/ Mon, 21 Aug 2017 06:30:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5413 In Part One of this multi-week SpaceWatch Middle East Theme on the Chinese Space Silk Road and the Middle East, we invited Dr. Malcolm Davis of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) to provide an overview of the Space Silk Road for readers. The emergence of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (formerly known as One […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/08/swmethemes-chinas-space-silk-road-middle-east-part-one/ Sun, 20 Aug 2017 07:45:14 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5443 Centuries ago, China and Europe were connected by a number of trade routes across the Eurasian landmass and the Indian Ocean that were later known as the Silk Road. These Silk Roads not only connected the ancient Chinese Middle Kingdom and Medieval Europe, but also connected regions of Eurasia that are today known as Central […]]]>