Middle East – SpaceNews

Commercial, News

Building Saudi Arabia’s space champion

by Jason RainbowSeptember 19, 2025September 19, 2025

Neo Space Group CEO Martijn Blanken explains how the Saudi-backed space services company is balancing sovereign demand with global ambitions.

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A 2011 dust storm in Saudi Arabia imaged by NASA. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

Military, Opinion

Proxy wars in a space-serviced world: gaming satellite-assisted terror in the Middle East

by Dan RobitzskiAugust 14, 2025August 13, 2025

A true-color image of the Middle East acquired by MODIS. Credit: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

Military, Opinion, Policy & Politics

America’s space strategy in a changing Middle East

by Dan RobitzskiMarch 21, 2025March 19, 2025

Iceye satellites

Commercial, News

Second SAR satellite advances Space42’s hybrid connectivity and imagery vision

by Jason RainbowJanuary 15, 2025January 15, 2025

Commercial, Launch

SpaceX launches UAE’s Thuraya-4 mobile connectivity satellite

by Jason RainbowJanuary 3, 2025January 3, 2025

A 2011 dust storm in Saudi Arabia imaged by NASA. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

Civil, From the Magazine

Connecting the Dots: From oil to orbit

by Dan RobitzskiJuly 5, 2024July 5, 2024

The Middle East As Seen From The Space Station

by SpaceRef EditorApril 15, 2016July 15, 2024