https://spacewatch.global/tag/sultanate-of-brunei/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 13 Mar 2019 06:00:02 +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/sultanate-of-brunei/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2019/03/spacewatchgl-feature-southeast-asian-space-programmes-capabilities-challenges-and-collaborations/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 06:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13008 By Nandini Sarma - In many parts of the world, space technology is being used to improve people’s lives. Apart from their uses for everyday services like weather forecasting, long-distance communications, and GPS systems, the manifold applications of space technology assist in many other ways. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/sultanate-of-brunei-to-host-indian-satellite-tracking-and-telemetry-station/ Fri, 14 Sep 2018 05:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10404 The Indian government cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been briefed about a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam covering space cooperation and the establishment of a telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C) station in the Southeast Asian country for orbiting satellites and launch vehicles.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/chinas-hainan-earth-observation-constellation-for-south-china-sea-monitoring-to-launch-next-year/ Fri, 17 Aug 2018 05:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9956 China's Hainan Earth observation satellite constellation that is designed to "reinforce national sovereignty" over the South China Sea and other disputed territories is set to start launching its first satellites in 2019, according to Chinese state media reports.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/02/japans-asean-space-diplomacy-brunei-next/ Mon, 19 Feb 2018 06:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7489 China’s Space Silk Road, an offshoot of its much-vaunted Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has captured the attention of the space sector’s trade media over the past few years, but while China’s ambitions are certainly newsworthy, another Northeast Asian country is quietly building a scientific, technical, and diplomatic space community across Southeast Asia. That country […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/01/spacewatch-global-oped-spacepower-sea-control-south-china-sea-beyond/ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 06:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7112 The recent announcement by China to orbit ten Earth observation satellites to solidify its sovereign claim for the South China Sea is a harbinger of the competitions to come for the control of other vital strategic waters across the globe. ThorGroup’s Chairman and President, Dr. John B. Sheldon, examines this phenomenon and why it matters. China’s […]]]>