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 […]