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SATELLITE UPDATES  SAMENA TRENDS

        Mascom            to       Offer

        Satellite       Connectivity

        with Q-KON


        Mascom, the  largest  mobile  operator in
        Botswana, has teamed up with Q-KON Africa
        to offer the Twoobii Smart Satellite Service.
        The  solution  will  provide  connectivity  for
        communities  and  businesses  in  remote
        areas, with a particular focus on industries
        such  as  agriculture,  mining,  telemedicine
        and  finance. The partnership includes full
        turn-key  delivery  of  services  throughout
        Botswana.



        TASL and Satellogic Collaborate on Space Technology


        Tata  Advanced Systems  Limited  (TASL),   significant  milestone  for  Satellogic  as  it   TASL is commissioning a satellite AIT plant
        India’s  leading  private  sector player for   enters the fast-growing Indian market. The   at its Vemagal facility in Karnataka, a state
        aerospace and defence solutions,  and   project will commence with comprehensive   in  southwest  India. Sukaran Singh, Chief
        Satellogic,  a  major  name  in  sub-meter   training,  knowledge  transfer, and  local   Executive  Officer  and  Managing  Director,
        resolution  earth  observation  (EO)  data   assembly  of  optical  sub-meter  resolution   TASL, says: “Space is important to TASL not
        collection, have announced a collaboration   EO satellites, the first of which is planned to   just as a business but also due to its culture
        for establishing  and  developing  local   be launched as TSAT-1A. The focus will be   of precision  that  will  help  other activities
        space  technology capabilities  in  India.   on manufacturing satellites and developing   in TASL. We are pleased to announce our
        This  collaboration  is  described  as  a  first   imagery  in  India  for national  defence  and   collaboration  with  Satellogic, a company
        step  in  TASL’s  satellite  strategy  and  a   commercial applications,  towards  which   with  best-in-class  technology  and  an
                                                                                 entrepreneurial  mindset.  Additionally,
                                                                                 TASL will  also  work with  local  SMEs  for
                                                                                 payloads and other technologies to bolster
                                                                                 India  content.”  TASL and  Satellogic  will
                                                                                 collaborate  on the  development  of a new
                                                                                 satellite  design  and  work  together  to
                                                                                 integrate  multiple  payloads  on  a  single
                                                                                 satellite that will generate a diverse range
                                                                                 of data over India. “This collaboration will
                                                                                 accelerate space capacity building for one
                                                                                 of the  largest  nations  in  the  world with
                                                                                 the  goal of enabling  the  advancement
                                                                                 of commercial  space capabilities  and
                                                                                 greater  access  to critical  information  for
                                                                                 a  range  of  applications  such  as  security,
                                                                                 sustainability, and energy,” says Emiliano
                                                                                 Kargieman,  Chief  Executive  Officer  and
                                                                                 Founder at Satellogic.













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