https://spacewatch.global/tag/sultanate-of-oman/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 18 Jan 2023 07:00:19 +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-oman/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/oman-to-build-the-middle-easts-first-spaceport/ Wed, 18 Jan 2023 07:00:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46063 The Sultanate of Oman is planning to build the Middle East’s first space rocket launch centre in the port town of Duqm this year, as reported by The National. The National Aerospace Services Company’s Etlaq Space Launch Complex could launch its first rocket as early as next year.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/02/virgin-orbit-to-launch-sultanate-of-oman-into-deep-space/ Tue, 01 Feb 2022 07:00:01 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38878 The Sultanate of Oman, Virgin Orbit, small satellite manufacturer and operator SatRevolution, AI data analytics specialists TUATARA, and technology innovator ETCO, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on Oman’s first mission to deep space. The consortium will also deliver additional small satellites to Low Earth Orbit (LEO), including the first in Oman’s history.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/11/astrobiology-journal-features-findings-of-simulated-mars-mission/ Tue, 17 Nov 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=28306&preview=true&preview_id=28306 Astrobiology Journal features findings of simulated Mars mission]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/oman-solicits-requirement-bids-for-communications-satellite/ Mon, 08 Jun 2020 05:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23310 The Sultanate of Oman’s Space Communication Technologies LLC (SCT) issued on 3 June 2020 an invitation for consultancy bids to help the company determine the requirements for Oman’s first communications satellite.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/bahrain-and-india-looking-to-sign-space-cooperation-agreement-early-2019/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 06:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11472 Bahrain is likely to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on space cooperation with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in early 2019, in order to send Bahraini engineers to India for training in satellite technologies and manufacturing. The MoU, once signed, will further establish ISRO as a major player in Gulf Arab space ambitions.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/07/oman-and-india-to-collaborate-on-space-projects/ Tue, 31 Jul 2018 05:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9669 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Oman in February 2018 has resulted in the release of a joint statement by Muscat and New Delhi identifying space as one of several sectors in which the two nations could collaborate.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/oman-looks-launch-two-satellites-2019/ Wed, 13 Jun 2018 05:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8977 The Sultanate of Oman has announced that it intends to build two satellites and then have them launched by the end of 2019, according to the Omani minister of transport and communications, Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Salim al Futaisi.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/pan-arab-space-organisation-gathering-support-pace-uae-leadership/ Tue, 12 Jun 2018 05:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8968 Diplomatic efforts are gathering in the Middle East and North Africa toward the development of a regional mechanism for space cooperation and development among Arab countries. At the recent Global Aerospace Summit in Abu Dhabi, the region made progress toward establishing an Arab space organisation.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/02/oman-india-sign-space-cooperation-agreement-modi-visit-muscat/ Thu, 15 Feb 2018 06:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7485 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Sultanate of Oman on 11-12 February, 2018, where he was hosted by H.M. Sultan Qaboos. Both leaders oversaw the signing of a landmark space cooperation agreement between Oman and India during the visit. The Memorandum of Understand (MoU) was signed on behalf of the government of the Sultanate […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/10/salalah-oman-host-9th-arabsat-broadcast-forum-october-3-4-2017/ Tue, 03 Oct 2017 07:05:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5846 Arab Satellite Communications Organization – Arabsat – is to hold its 9th annual Satellite TV Broadcast Forum on October 3-4, 2017, at the Rotana Resort in Salalah, Sultanate of Oman. The forum is held under the patronage of His Excellency the Omani Minister of Information,  in the presence of a large number of Arab and […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/09/digitalglobe-foundation-10-years-championing-research-expertise-innovation-geospatial-industry/ Tue, 19 Sep 2017 07:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5656 This year, the DigitalGlobe Foundation (DGF) celebrates its 10th anniversary—marking a decade devoted to advancing the use of geospatial imagery to address local and global challenges and championing the education of the next-generation of geospatial leaders. The foundation is the 501(c)(3) organization underwritten by DigitalGlobe, Inc., a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution Earth observation […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/07/oman-accepts-advanced-space-radio-monitoring-system-kratos/ Mon, 17 Jul 2017 08:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5087 Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the Sultanate of Oman has formally accepted the Advanced Space Radio Monitoring System (ASRMS) from Kratos. The multi-million dollar project started in late 2014 and includes ten years of long-term support services for the […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2016/04/kratos-completes-critical-design-review-of-omans-advanced-space-radio-monitoring-system/ Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:00:14 +0000 http://spacewatchme.com/?p=386 Kratos Integral Systems Europe (ISE), a subsidiary of San Diego, California-based Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, Inc., successfully completed the critical design review (CDR) for the Sultanate of Oman’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) Advanced Space Radio Monitoring System. Oman’s TRA led the CDR supported by Kratos ISE personnel, and its completion demonstrates that the design […]]]>