Thuraya (Arabic: الثريا, Gulf Arabic pron.: [ɐθ.θʊˈrɑj.jɐ]; from the Arabic name for the constellation of the Pleiades, Thurayya) is a United Arab Emirates-based...
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Flight 22 on 4 March 2016. Developed in 1997 for their launch customer Thuraya, it is a special version of the 702HP platform with a 12.25-meter deployable...
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such customers as EchoStar, DirecTV, XM Satellite Radio, PanAmSat, and Thuraya. The approach Sea Launch LLC used was to assemble the launcher on a purpose-built...
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oversaw the planning and launch of the first medium orbit satellite, Thuraya 1, into space, then witnessed the first handheld-to-handheld voice call...
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Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 1 May 2013. Zak, Anatoly. "Sputnik's Mission". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 4 March 2013. "Explorer 1". Milestones of Flight. Smithsonian...
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He also served as chairman of the UAE's satellite telephony provider, Thuraya. He was also the previous chancellor and chairman of the Higher Colleges...
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leading to the birth of a national space sector with the establishment of Thuraya Telecommunications Company in 1997 and Al Yah Satellite Communications...
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Thuraya Muhammad Qabil (sometimes spelt as 'Gabel') (Arabic: ثريا قابل; born 1943) is a Saudi Arabian poet and journalist. Qabil was born in Jeddah, and...
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Results". Globalstar.com. 31 March 2015. "Thuraya Launches SMS Info Service with CNN" (Press release). Thuraya. 27 November 2007. Archived from the original...
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most of the Earth, except polar regions. Thuraya: Established in 1997, United Arab Emirates-based Thuraya's satellites provide coverage across Europe...
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