LA PLATA, Maryland — The Sultanate of Oman, in an effort to keep rights to the 73.5 degrees east orbital slot, has promised regulators to launch a temporary satellite there by December and contract a full Ka-band high-throughput satellite by the end of this year, to be launched in 2028.
Oman has been working on its first telecommunications satellite, Omansat-1, since 2018. It suffered multiple delays, of its own making, until 2024. A pubic tender for a temporary satellite was issued in October 2024.
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