Etlaq Spaceport Releases 2025 Startplan published

Oman's Etlaq Spaceport – the first commercial facility in the Middle East – is expecting five test starts this year.

Etlaq tries to alleviate the worldwide start -up capacity problem by offering regional and international companies tailored institutions to test, integrate and start their vehicles into orbit.

The room camp held in December in December with Duqm-1, Oman's first rocket. This year, the country will take place in addition to more flights from the DUQM series by international partners.

• At the end of April, Advanced Rocket Technologies will start the first flight of his Horus 4 rocket in London.
• The DUQM-2 mission is scheduled to come onto the market in June with the support of the star kinetics based in New Zealand.
• The star kinetics will also support the Duqm-3 starts in October and Duqm-4 in December.
• The Kuwait Space Rockets Company will hold a test start of its ambition 3 vehicle in November.

Etlaq also begins to put together its future starting portfolio. Last week, Etlaq announced a partnership with PLD Space, the Spanish company behind Miura 5, which wants to carry out several starts from 2027.

The facilities: ELTAQ will contain three starting complexes to support a number of starting vehicle classes, so that the room camp plan simultaneous or overlapping starts and attract international launchers who want to quickly reach orbit.

“Launcher have a unique opportunity with us: we start from an empty side and adapt the starting services according to the requirements of the launcher,” said a spokesman for Etlaq via e -mail to Payoad. “[The facility] was based on the principle of rapid use, cost effectiveness, the minimal viable infrastructure and the US security guidelines of the US FAA and the British CAA security rate. “

The vision: The room camp offers customers more than just on the market to attract more companies.

• The Oman Ministry of Transport for Transport, Communication and Information Technology signed a declaration of intent with the country's Nascom organization in order to further expand the infrastructure of the space.
• Etlaq also signed a declaration of intent with Satmena in Oman to offer ground services and operational support for upcoming starts.

Ultimately, it is the goal of Oman that Etlaq acts as a catalyst for the state's emerging space economy.

“We look forward to the acceleration of the growth of the space ecosystem in the country. When more players enter the industry, further jobs open and we start a more qualified and more capable workforce. We want Launcher to set up a base in Oman to produce and test their vehicles, ”said a spokesman for Etlaq.