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Es'hail 2 (a.k.a. Qatar-OSCAR 100 or QO-100 [4]) is a Qatari satellite, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on November 15, 2018. [5] [6] Es'hail 2 was built by Japan's Mitsubishi Electric company, and operates at 26° East longitude along a geostationary orbit to provide direct-to-home television services in the Middle East and North ...
Al Jazeera Media Network ( AJMN; Arabic: الجزيرة, romanized : Al-Jazīrah, lit. 'The Peninsula' [æl (d)ʒæˈziːrɐ]) is a private-media conglomerate headquartered at Wadi Al Sail, Doha, [3] [4] funded in part by the government of Qatar. [8] The network's flagship channels include Al Jazeera Arabic and Al Jazeera English, which provide ...
A satellite view of Doha on the East coast of Qatar. As with most world cities, Doha developed on the waterfront. Established in today's Souq Waqif area, it spread out gradually in a radial pattern with ring roads. Establishment of Al Bidda. The city of Doha was formed seceding from another local settlement known as Al Bidda.
Es'hailSat is a Qatar -based communications satellite operator. [1] The company provides direct-to-home television with its satellite, [2] and hopes to provide further television-related services in the future. [3] The company launched the first-ever Qatar satellite – Es'hail 1 – in a collaboration with European satellite operator Eutelsat ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Qatar: The State of Qatar is a sovereign Arab emirate located in Southwest Asia on the Qatari Peninsula protruding from the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. [1] It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south; otherwise the Persian Gulf surrounds the ...
Qatar is a peninsula in the east of Arabia, bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia, in a strategic location near major petroleum and natural gas deposits. The State of Qatar occupies 11,571 km 2 (4,468 sq mi) on a peninsula that extends approximately to 160 km (99 mi) north into the Persian Gulf from the Arabian Peninsula.
Al Jazeera controversies and criticism. Al Jazeera Arabic is a flagship news channel that primarily caters to an Arabic-speaking audience. Al Jazeera English, launched in 2006, is the English-language counterpart to Al Jazeera Arabic. According to Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera Arabic is editorially independent from Al Jazeera English, although it ...
Qatar is the fifth most water-stressed country in the world. The Qatari peninsula protrudes 160 kilometres (100 mi) into the Persian Gulf, north of Saudi Arabia. It lies between latitudes 24° and 27° N, and longitudes 50° and 52° E. Most of the country consists of a low, barren plain, covered with sand.