Focus: Middle East

The Israel Space Agency has tapped the Access to Space consortium to establish and operate Israel’s national R&D space laboratory for the accelerated development of space technologies. ImageSat International (ISI),...

As space becomes a domain of warfare, democracies across the globe will increasingly rely on commercial satellite operators and private sector space companies to wage it, a senior NATO official...

Es’hailSat has signed a new capacity deal with Mobi Egypt, a provider of VSAT network services. Mobi Egypt has signed up for satellite capacity on Es’hail-1 satellite located at the...

Airbus has won a contract to build OmanSat-1 for Space Communication Technologies (SCT), Oman’s national satellite operator. Oman has a population of around 5.5 million people. This deal represents a...

UAE-based satellite operator and AI tech company Space42 has officially rolled out global service on its new mobile communications satellite, Thuraya-4 (T4-NGS). The operator announced Wednesday that Thuraya-4’s L-band satellite...

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions will acquire Israeli satellite mobile systems company Orbit Technologies for $356.3 million in cash, the companies announced Wednesday. Orbit will be integrated with Kratos’ Microwave...

Saudi Arabia’s top telecommunications provider stc group is the latest telco to sign a commercial agreement with AST SpaceMobile for direct-to-cell services. The companies on Wednesday announced a 10-year agreement...

Saudi Arabia’s flagship space company, Neo Space Group, has grown quickly since it was established around 18 months ago, making acquisitions in Earth Observation (EO) and in-flight connectivity (IFC). In...

ABS has completed its move to Dubai as it looks to the next step of its growth path. It has successfully completed redomiciliation to the Dubai Development Authority (DDA). By...

Space42 has shipped three synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites — its first satellites to go through assembly, integration, and testing (AIT) within the United Arab Emirates under a partnership with...