Three days at Expo City Dubai where satellite operators, space agencies and connectivity providers meet the government and enterprise buyers of the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, co-located with the region's long-running broadcast and satellite show.
SATExpo Middle East is the satellite and space technology exhibition organised by the Dubai World Trade Centre at the Dubai Exhibition Centre in Expo City. The 2026 edition runs from 5 to 7 October and is co-located with CABSAT, the region's broadcast, satellite and content media event, in its 33rd edition. The organiser expects more than 8,000 visitors and over 150 exhibiting companies from more than 70 countries, with more than 80 speakers on the conference stage, and states that around half of attendees are government, military and enterprise buying entities. The show covers satellite connectivity, Earth observation, in-space infrastructure and space governance for the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region.
A European supply chain show sells components into an industrial base that already exists. SATExpo sells capability into governments that are building space programmes from a standing start, and connectivity into markets where terrestrial infrastructure never reached. That changes what is on the floor. The exhibitors are operators and service providers more than machine shops, the buyers arrive as national delegations, and the conversations are about sovereign capacity, national Earth observation programmes and connecting oil fields, mines, ports and rural regions.
The co-location with CABSAT reinforces the point. Broadcast satellite distribution remains a serious business in the region, and putting the two shows on the same floor at the same dates gives a satellite operator both its media customers and its enterprise and government customers in one trip.
The published programme covers LEO megaconstellations and their effect on regional connectivity pricing, direct-to-device and enterprise satellite services, Earth observation with artificial intelligence analytics, space governance and orbital safety, commercial space stations and lunar operations, and debris removal and on-orbit servicing. The sector list on the buyer side is telling: defence, transport and logistics, agriculture, oil, gas and mining, environment and disaster response, government and telecommunications.
No. They are two separate shows run by the same organiser, held at the same venue on the same dates. CABSAT is the older broadcast, satellite and media event; SATExpo is the newer satellite and space technology show attached to it.
The exhibitor base is international, drawn from more than 70 countries, but the buyer base is regional. The value proposition is access to Middle East, Africa and South Asia customers rather than to global industry peers.
Yes, though not as a separate track. The organiser states that around half of attendees are government, military and enterprise buying entities, and defence is listed among the buyer sectors.
The Dubai World Trade Centre is the emirate's state-linked exhibition operator and runs a large share of the region's trade shows, including CABSAT and GITEX. Holding SATExpo at Expo City rather than at the older Dubai World Trade Centre site places it on the legacy Expo 2020 grounds, which is now the venue used for the newer technology shows.
The Gulf's answer to a European space fair: half the floor is connectivity sales, half is a sovereign space programme shopping list.
Visitor registration runs through the official website, which carries a visit section and a dedicated registration platform. Visitor pass pricing was not published on the public pages at the verification date. Exhibitor space and sponsorship are quoted directly by the Dubai World Trade Centre sales team. Anyone attending both SATExpo and CABSAT should confirm at registration whether one badge covers both halls, since the two shows are commercially distinct.
5 to 7 October 2026 at the Dubai Exhibition Centre, Expo City Dubai.
Pricing was not published on the event website at the verification date. Rates are shown on the registration platform linked from the visit section of the site.
Expo City is served by the Dubai Metro Route 2020 branch, with the terminus at the site itself, and is roughly 30 to 40 minutes from Dubai International Airport by road and closer to Al Maktoum International.
Early October in Dubai sits at the start of the exhibition season and hotel rates rise sharply once GITEX and the other autumn shows fill the calendar. Booking two to three months ahead is normal practice.
| Official website | https://satexpome.com/ |
| Visitor information | https://satexpome.com/visit.html |
| Venue | https://www.dubaiexhibitioncentre.com/en/whats-on/sat-expo |