Saudi Arabia
China looks to build space partnerships with Gulf nations
China is aiming to grow cooperation with emerging space nations including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Saudi astronauts to fly on Ax-2 mission to ISS
NASA confirmed Nov. 1 that two astronauts from Saudi Arabia will go to the International Space Station on a private mission in the spring of 2023 operated by Axiom Space.
Axiom Space to fly Saudi astronauts
Axiom Space will fly two astronauts from Saudi Arabia, one of them a woman, to space as soon as next year, the company and the Saudi government announced Sept. 22.
Saudi Arabia signs Artemis Accords
Saudi Arabia is the latest nation to sign the Artemis Accords as part of what the White House called “expanding cooperation” with the United States in space.
Chang’e-4 relay satellite enters halo orbit around Earth-Moon L2, microsatellite in lunar orbit
The relay satellite which will facilitate China’s Chang’e-4 lunar far side landing mission late in 2018 has entered its intended halo orbit around Earth-Moon Lagrange point 2.
DigitalGlobe shrugs off WorldView-4 delay and Planet’s NGA contract
Geospatial imagery and services provider DigitalGlobe on Oct. 25 reported increased revenue and gross profit for the three months ending Sept. 30 with a surprisingly large increase in commercial business.
DigitalGlobe and Saudi government sign joint venture on satellite imaging constellation
Geospatial satellite imagery and services provider DigitalGlobe Inc. on Feb. 21 said it is forming a joint venture with the government of Saudi Arabia to build at least six small optical Earth observation satellites to complement DigitalGlobe’s current fleet of large, high-resolution spacecraft.
