• 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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  • 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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    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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  • Thuraya Muhammad Qabil (sometimes spelt as 'Gabel') (born 1943) is a Saudi Arabian poet and journalist. Qabil was born in Jeddah, and has a high school...
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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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  • 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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  • satellites constructed by EADS (YahSat 1A and 1B), Boeing (Thuraya 1, 2 and 3) and MBRSC DubaiSat-1 and DubaiSat-2, developed as part of a technology transfer...
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    January 1995) married 15 June 2021 at Al Alam Palace and has issue Sayyida Thuraya bint Haitham Sayyida Omaima bint Haitham A sports enthusiast, Haitham served...
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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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  • 84.5% success rate. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 '18   Zenit-2   Zenit-2M   Zenit-3SL   Zenit-3SLB   Zenit-3F 1 2 3 4 5 6 1985 1990...
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  • (formerly LightSquared) terminals use frequencies between 1525 and 1646.5 MHz. Thuraya satellite phones use frequencies between 1525 and 1661 MHz. The aircraft...
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    range of network providers in the industry, including: Inmarsat, Iridium, Thuraya, Eutelsat, Intelsat, Loral, SES World Skies, and SES Americom. Vizada Networks...
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    International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft carried the members of Expedition 1, the first long-duration ISS crew. It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome...
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    cards is mandatory in GSM devices. The satellite phone networks Iridium, Thuraya and Inmarsat's BGAN also use SIM cards. Sometimes, these SIM cards work...
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  • Handbook of the History of the Middle East Mandates. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-49706-6. Moreh, S. (1974). "Five Writers of Shi'r Manthūr in Modern Arabic...
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    a car carrying Al Jazeera journalists Hamza Dadouh and Mustafa Thuraya. Dadouh, Thuraya, and their driver were killed. On 15 January, Israeli Defense Minister...
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  • at 22:18 GMT. Yahsat mobile subsidiary Thuraya also operates two additional satellites, Thuraya 2, and Thuraya 3. "Mubadala-owned Yahsat Successfully...
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  • a TV subscription. People can also use a satellite phone, for example Thuraya, an Indian company, and Starlink, an American company; the signals go directly...
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  • directly. Thuraya has been assigned +882-16, within the +882 range for International Networks. ITU-T SG2 NCT: E.164 country code 881 plus two 1-digit ICs...
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    satellites to handsets (like the constellations from Iridium, Globalstar, Thuraya and Inmarsat). Instead, it is linked to flat user terminals the size of...
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    Delta IV rocket USA-202 and the nearby commercial geostationary satellite Thuraya 2 Mentor-4 (USA-202) deployment and initial westward drift after launch...
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    490154203237518. The Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN), Iridium and Thuraya satellite phone networks all use IMEI numbers on their transceiver units...
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    Islands 1 (441) –  Bermuda 1 (473) –  Grenada 1 (649) –  Turks and Caicos Islands 1 (658, 876) –  Jamaica 1 (664) –  Montserrat 1 (721) –  Sint Maarten 1 (758)...
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  • "SpaceX wins contract to launch Yahsat's Thuraya 4-NGS satellite". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2023. "Yahsat...
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    attacks in 2011, the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) banned the use of Thuraya and Iridium satellite phones and infrastructure in 2012; restrictions were...
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  • The magazine was founded by Moez Ali and Mohamed Mahmoud on 1 June 2012, but relaunched on 1 October 2018 by Ola Diab. "Country policy and information note:...
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    Retrieved 7 November 2022. Henry, Caleb (28 August 2020). "Yahsat begins Thuraya fleet refresh with Airbus satellite order". SpaceNews. Retrieved 8 September...
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    of around 350 to 500 kbit/s. Smaller modems exist like those offered by Thuraya but only connect at 444 kbit/s in a limited coverage area. At $5 to $7...
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