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SAUDI ARABIA Issue dated 18/11/2015

New GEOINT agency on launchpad

According to our sources, Mohamed bin Salman, the Saudi defence minister, is thinking of merging the communications and observation satellite [...]

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BtoG observation satellites

Saudi Arabian Bajuwaiber aims for skies

Battle for GEOINT agency

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Amer Kayani, Orbital's trump card

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