Oman’s Civil Aviation Authority (OCAA) has given the go-ahead for extra space launches from its new Etlaq Spaceport. One launch took place in December last year (NASCOM’s suborbital Duqm-1 rocket). The new facility is also open to foreign direct investment. The OCAA says it can fast-track launch approvals in as little as 45 days and […]
Oman has been granted ITU permission to initially launch a small satellite to be placed in geostationary orbit at 73.5 degrees East. The satellite is described as a “temporary” craft, but it will be followed by a larger craft. But Oman must move very quickly, and get the small satellite into position by this coming […]
OneWeb, and the joint venture entity formed between OneWeb and Tonomus, have announced the signing of a distribution partnership agreement with Azyan Telecom – a satellite service provider in the Sultanate of Oman and the Middle East. The partnership will enhance the capabilities of the existing and future national telecom networks in the Sultanate of […]
The Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO), the intergovernmental organisation established to enable digital prosperity for all, has announced Omantel as the first official observer organisation from the Sultanate of Oman. Omantel, a telecommunications provider in Oman, will bring its unique insight and experience in innovation, startups and telecoms technology to the DCO, in support of DCO’s […]
beIN Media Group and World Athletics have agreed a new deal for the broadcast of all World Athletics events, including the 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships in Oregon and Budapest respectively, across 24 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in a 2-year deal. The World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022 gets under […]
An Omani scientific satellite will be carried and launched from Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket when it makes its first launch from Cornwall in the UK later this year. The Omani payload, developed by Earth observation specialist Poland-based SatRevolution, will be put into low Earth orbit to collect climate data. The mission is the follow-on to […]
Omantel, Oman’s integrated telecom service provider, has selected Hughes’ Jupiter satellite system to extend its mobile network and provide backhaul connectivity. The Jupiter System is the next-generation Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) platform from Hughes for broadband services over both high-throughput and conventional satellites. In use at more than 12,000 cellular sites across Africa, Asia […]
Oman’s Space Communication Technologies (SCT) has issued a tender invitation for the design, manufacture and launch of a communications satellite, OmanSat-1. The tender invitation states: “The company’s operational plan is based on the procurement of a High Throughput Satellite (HTS) (OmanSat-1) and associated services, providing coverage of the Sultanate’s entire territory, its economic waters, and […]
Oman in the Arabian Gulf wants to see a private-financed satellite launched by 2024. Oman, unlike its near neighbours the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, does not have its own satellite but does have a space agency, the Oman Space Communications Technology (SCT). The agency invited bids earlier this year for a suitable solution. SpaceBridge, […]
The Gulf state of Oman is inviting expressions of interest from satellite builders to construct its first national satellite. The initiative is being spearheaded by Space Communications Technology LLC (SCT), a wholly government-owned entity established with the mandate to develop and implement the Sultanate’s maiden satellite communications project. The brief will include ground infrastructure as […]