Abu Dhabi, UAE – Bayanat, a leading provider of AI-powered geospatial solutions, and Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), the UAE’s flagship satellite solutions provider, on Wednesday announced the expansion of their ambitious Earth Observation (EO) space program from five to seven synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites.The expansion of the...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia announced Thursday the completion of SAR 1 billion investment procedures by ASPACE, a Hong Kong-based company.This investment aims to establish an advanced satellite manufacturing company within the Kingdom, with expected growth throughout the project phases, for the manufacturing of components, subsystems, and satellites.ASPACE will...

They will deploy AI in Thuraya and Yahsat satellites

The company reported a revenue of $205m in H1 2023.

At the moment just 36 percent of the 1.25 billion people in the world's 46 poorest countries can plug into the internet, the International Telecommunication Union said. By comparison, more than 90 percent have access in the European Union. The ITU condemned the "staggering international connectivity gap".

This is the company's highest ever first-half revenue.

UAE Space Agency on Sunday announced a new AED3 billion ($816 million) national investment and development fund for the space sector, The National Space Fund. The Fund will support ground breaking new programmes launched to support international and Emirati companies co-operating in leading edge space sector engineering, sciences and research...

Satellites in low orbit to provide internet service to people below.

The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), Saudi Arabia’s digital regulator, has announced the launch of WiFi-6e as part of a raft of measures aimed at boosting connectivity in the Kingdom. The announcement was made on the sidelines of the global technology conference LEAP22, which is taking place in Riyadh...