UAE President announces $817m fund to boost space sector with an advanced satellite project
UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed has announced an $817 million investment and development fund for the space sector, called The National Space Fund. The fund’s first project, named Sirb after the Arabic term for a flock of birds, will launch…
Saudi Arabia Launches Space Entrepreneurship Alliance to Bolster Space Technology Ecosystem
Saudi Arabia has launched a new initiative aimed at strengthening its space technology ecosystem and establishing its presence in the global space race. With a $2.1 billion investment in the sector, the Communications, Space & Technology Commission (CST) has established…
Rayyanah Barnawi set to become the first woman astronaut from Saudi Arabia
The crew of the Ax-2 mission. From left to right, Peggy Whitson, John Shoffner, Ali Alqarni, Rayyanah Barnawi. Source: Axiom Space
Rising High: The Growing Satellite Industry in the United Arab Emirates
Satellites launched by the UAE
Exploring the Future: A Look at the Recent Satellites Launched by KSA
Satellites launched by the KSA
12 SpaceTech companies in the KSA and UAE
The SpaceTech industry in the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been rapidly expanding in recent years. Both countries have made significant investments in space technology, with a particular focus on satellite communications and Earth observation….
KSA as a neutral hub for space activity
SpaceTech is one of the first sectors that comes to mind when we think of advanced technology and the trajectory of human progress. Saudi Arabia realised its potential in this area in a very timely fashion and found something to…
Space tech gives Gulf nations a launchpad for local talent
Saudi Arabia aims to emulate UAE’s success In 1985, Sultan Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, a former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot, became the first Arab to go into space, flying aboard a US Space Shuttle mission as a payload…
Resource-pooling key for GCC to make headway in the commercial satellite sector
A Joint GCC Space Agency would enable R&D consolidation, cost sharing, independence from the global space community, and creation of a SpaceTech fund and accelerator Outer space will eventually be governed by the same geopolitical policies that exist here on…
Gulf nations will benefit from a combined race to space initiatives
So much more can be attained by pooling resources, tech and the talent Saudi Arabia’s interest in space has grown significantly thanks to the King Abdulaziz City for Sciences and Technology (KACST) and the Saudi Space Commission (SSC). As the…