Post by Tanya Bell
Driving Innovation Across HealthTech โข SpaceTech โข Digital Finance | Compliance & Operations Leader | Scaling Global Impact Through Technology
Most people underestimate how much ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ already exists across the GCC. The snapshot published by SpaceTech in Gulf in new journal โ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ 2025โ shows the current functional satellites ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ in orbit: ๐ฆ๐ช #UAE - 11 ๐ธ๐ฆ #SaudiArabia (incl. Arabsat) - 9 ๐ถ๐ฆ #Qatar - 2 ๐ด๐ฒ #Oman - 1 ๐ฐ๐ผ #Kuwait - 1 ๐ง๐ญ #Bahrain - 1 2025 also brought several high-signal launches, including THURAYA 4 and MBZ-SAT (UAE), plus ALMUNTHER (Bahrain). ๐ https://lnkd.in/exUgUHSg The key question for 2026 isnโt โ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉโ โ itโs ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ services and adoption (EO analytics, satcom connectivity, national platforms, and commercial partnerships). โโโ ๐๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ โ EO/GeoAI services, satcom connectivity, or national data platforms โโโ UAE Space Agency, MBRSC AUD, Space42, ููุงูุฉ ุงููุถุงุก ุงูุณุนูุฏูุฉ | Saudi Space Agency , ARABSAT, KPMG Middle East Careers Naser Alrashdi (Alrashedi) Dr. Naser Al Hammadi Hosam Moustafa Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre Abdalla AlHammadi Ali Al Hashemi Azmi Agha Mohammed Altamimi Akram Elyas Dr. Mohamed Benaichouche #UAE #SaudiArabia #SpaceTech #MENA #EarthObservation #SATCOM #SpaceEconomy