The creation of Es’hailSat has been not only a national success story in Qatar, but also an opportunity to expose a lot of young people to the benefits of working in the space industry. One such person is Mubarak Jumah Abdulla, scholarship student at Es’hailSat.
“At first I thought satellites were mainly being used for television broadcasting, then I found out it is much more than that,” he says.
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Abdulla sees Qatar’s plans for the satellite industry with excitement as the country seeks to manage its communications infrastructure indigenously as much as possible.
Another young person trying to take advantage of the opportunities in the space industry in Qatar is Jaber Saeed Bawazir another scholarship student at Es’hailSat. Bawazir says he always wanted to study and work in the electronics and telecommunication sector.
“Our lives are associated with outer space on a daily basis, communication, forecast, navigation, etc. Having an experience in this field is desired worldwide,” he says.
