A giant mirror to create “sunlight on demand” was just approved by the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), despite opposition from astronomers and the public, and real safety concerns. The FCC approved the company Reflect Orbital to test one satellite, named Earendil-1, as a means of reflecting the sun’s rays back to Earth for […]
MUSCAT: Oman’s Mohammed Al Barwani Satellites (MBSAT) LLC, the space and satellite communications arm of the Mohammed Al Barwani Group, has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Telespazio France, one of Europe’s leading providers of satellite communications and space data services and solutions. The pact was signed during the visit of His Majesty Sultan […]
Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen had an emotional message before he and three colleagues set off for the Moon earlier this year on the Artemis II mission: “We go for all humanity”. The successful ten-day lunar flyby mission was an impressive scientific feat. But its importance may not have been for all humanity: it was primarily […]
MUSCAT, JUNE 16 Muscat-based Rocket Elements and Technologies (RE&T), an Omani space technology startup focused on advanced propulsion systems, has secured funding support from Future Fund Oman, marking a significant endorsement of the Sultanate’s emerging deep-tech and aerospace innovation ecosystem. The investment support was announced as part of a broader wave of agreements concluded by […]
