The Bahrain Space Agency (BSA; ) is the

Bahrain Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which mak ...

i government entity responsible for

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program. It was established by Royal Decree No. 11 for the Year 2014 and works under the supervision of the Supreme Defense Council.

Activities

BSA's current focus is on promoting space science, technology and applications in the Kingdom of Bahrain through many community events; building capacity in the fields of satellite manufacturing, satellite tracking, control and monitoring, earth observation data and image processing and analysis to fulfil stakeholders' national needs; and creating a new “space” sector in the Kingdom. The BSA offers 3 services: providing high resolution images for the Kingdom of Bahrain in different sizes and formats; processing and analyzing satellite imagery and data to generate useful information to fulfil stakeholders needs; and providing Satellite Images and Data for the Kingdom of Bahrain in different resolutions, bands and selected time. The BSA have signed many memorandum of understanding with regional and international space agencies such as between BSA and the

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External links

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Official BSA Facebook page

Official BSA Twitter page

Official BSA Instagram page

Official BSA Youtube page

Official BSA LinkedIn page
Space agencies Space programs by country Government agencies of Bahrain