https://spacewatch.global/tag/uae/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:19:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/uae/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/08/esa-is-calling-for-applications-for-the-epic-european-uae-space-startup-competition-2025/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=67386 ESA, in collaboration with partners in the UAE has announced the launch of the first EPIC European–UAE Space Startup Competition 2025. This initiative aims to foster transnational innovation and entrepreneurship within the global space economy by building strategic commercial bridges between Europe and the UAE.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/05/firefly-aerospace-to-land-rashid-2-rover-on-the-moon-alongside-nasa-esa-payloads/ Thu, 29 May 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=65519 Firefly Aerospace is collaborating with UAE's MBRSC to deliver the Rashid 2 Rover to the far side of the Moon on Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander. The Rashid 2 Rover will join Firefly’s second lunar mission in 2026 in addition to payloads from Australia, the European Space Agency, and NASA as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/02/thales-alenia-space-to-build-emirates-airlock-module-for-mbrsc/ Thu, 06 Feb 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=63745 Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with MBRSC to build Emirates Crew and Science Airlock Module which will dock with the Lunar Gateway cislunar space station. The signing ceremony in Abu Dhabi also saw the attendance of Teodoro Valente, President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/12/edge-and-indra-establish-new-joint-venture-pulse/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=63010 EDGE and Indra Sistemas have reached an agreement to establish a new joint venture, PULSE, to foster local capabilities for the design and manufacture of state-of-the-art radar systems. The joint venture will enjoy support from a robust order pipeline from existing and potential customers in high-potential markets worldwide. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/07/cospar-kicks-off-2024s-scientific-assembly-in-busan/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 06:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56161 COSPAR has kicked off the COSPAR 2024 Scientific Assembly in Busan, celebrating the theme "Team Spirit in Space Research." The assembly counted around 2800 participants from over 60 countries with attendees engaging with scientists, presenting over 3000 talks and posters, and participating in 150 scientific events. The Assembly brought space leaders from KASA, NASA, CNSA, ISRO, JAXA, ASI, and the UAE together, with the roundtable of Space Agency leaders featuring the next decade of space science programs from each agency. Also, space sustainability emerged as a major recurring theme.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/01/nasa-and-uae-announce-artemis-lunar-gateway-airlock/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 07:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53116 NASA and the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have announced plans for MBRSC to provide an airlock for Gateway, humanity’s first space station that will orbit the Moon. Under a new implementing arrangement expanding their human spaceflight collaboration with NASA through Gateway, MBRSC will provide Gateway’s Crew and Science Airlock module, as well as a UAE astronaut to fly to the lunar space station on a future Artemis mission.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/12/thuraya-launches-new-generation-satellite-and-cellular-phone/ Thu, 14 Dec 2023 07:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=52813 Thuraya Telecommunications Company, the mobility arm of the UAE’s Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (YAHSAT) announced on the 13th of December that it is releasing a new generation version of its XT-PRO DUAL satellite phone. The phone is a dual-mode, dual-SIM satellite-cellular phone that allows users to move in and out of terrestrial coverage and seamlessly connect with ease, regardless of their location. It has been developed to meet the needs of a growing market and was upgraded to support terrestrial 4G LTE networks for flexible connectivity.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/11/yahsat-to-show-new-space-tech-for-climate-during-cop28/ Tue, 28 Nov 2023 07:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=52514 Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), the UAE’s flagship satellite solutions provider, will present its innovative space technologies at the upcoming COP28 in Dubai. One of the conference's primary aims is to address the challenges of global climate change. Yahsat is already working closely with various UAE Government entities and international organisations, including the United Nations. The company also actively commits to providing advanced, affordable, resilient, and reliable solutions that will address the challenges of global climate change. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/uae-mission-to-asteroid-belt-codename-max/ Wed, 31 May 2023 06:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49135 UAE Space Agency announced on the 28th of May the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt, the EMA. The concept plan of the mission to the main asteroid belt began in 2019. The Emirati spacecraft will take a 5 billion km trip to a region between Mars and Jupiter to study asteroids. “The initial idea of what should we do after the Emirates Mars Mission actually started one or two years prior to the launch of the Hope probe,” Sarah Al Amiri, Minister of State for Public Education and Advanced Technology, and chairwoman of the UAE Space Agency, exclusively told The National on Wednesday.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/gloc-2023-closing-ceremony-and-future-perspectives/ Fri, 26 May 2023 07:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49004 On Thursday, the 25th of May, GLOC2023, Global Space Conference on Climate Change, the first Space conference entirely dedicated to Climate Change closed it’s first edition in Oslo, Norway's capital city. One of the major takeaway points was the need to make data more accessible. “People who work in crucial and critical data should be able to use the data freely,” says Dr Emma Gatti, Editor-in-Chief at SpaceWatch.Global. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/10/uae-on-track-to-launch-first-lunar-rover-november/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 06:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=43999 The UAE is on track to launch its lunar rover Rashid to Moon between 9-15th November despite Hurricane Ian in Florida, the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre said. The rover will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/07/uae-announces-radar-satellite-constellation/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 06:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42202 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced its plans to develop a radar satellite constellation as part of the National Space Fund  worth over US $800 million to boost its space sector. The project makes the UAE the first Arab country to develop a constellation of SAR satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/06/space-cafe-webtalk-33-minutes-with-adnan-al-muhairi-why-next-gen-the-thuraya-programme-recap/ Sat, 04 Jun 2022 12:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41316 Our Space Café WebTalk “33 minutes with Adnan Al Muhairi - Why Next Gen? - The Thuraya Programme” took place on Tuesday, 31st May. Adnan Al Muhairi is the Chief Technology Officer of the Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), and has had a distinguished career in the space industry.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/06/omran-sharaf-from-uae-to-chair-uns-copuos/ Fri, 03 Jun 2022 06:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41290 The UAE has been chosen to lead the United Nation’s Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) committee with Omran Sharaf Emirati engineer serving as director of COPUOS in 2022 and 2023, the UAE reported.  COPUOS has 100 member states and has been in operation since 1959.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/05/space-cafe-webtalk-33-minutes-with-amna-al-owais-courts-of-space-a-conversation-about-dispute-resolution-recap/ Tue, 24 May 2022 08:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41117 Our Space Café WebTalk “33 minutes with Amna Al Owais - Courts of Space: A Conversation about Dispute Resolution” took place on Tuesday, 17th May. Al Owais is currently the Chief Registrar of the DIFC Courts and oversees operations and quality management, supervising the Courts’ Judicial Officers and Registry personnel, as well as the delivery of a comprehensive suite of court public services. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/05/uae-astronaut-to-fly-to-iss-in-2023-with-axiom-space/ Mon, 02 May 2022 07:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40728 Human spaceflight services provider and human-rated space infrastructure developer Axiom Space, signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) to fly a UAE professional crew member to the ISS on the NASA-SpaceX Crew-6 mission, Axiom said. The mission is expected to launch in 2023.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/03/spacechain-opens-uae-office-to-boost-space-industry-in-the-middle-east/ Wed, 16 Mar 2022 07:00:21 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39860 SpaceChain is opening an office in the UAE, in Abu Dhabi to mark its foray into the burgeoning space sector in the Middle East, the company said. The new office is located at Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem. Its aim is to focus on the planning and development of integrated space-blockchain projects in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/03/bahrain-signs-artemis-accords/ Tue, 08 Mar 2022 07:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39708 Bahrain became the second Arab country to sign the Artemis Accords, an international agreement outlining the peaceful and responsible exploration of the Moon and space in general. The announcement was made during Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad's visit to the US last week.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/11/g42-and-yahsat-collaborate-on-geospatial-analytics/ Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37003 Yahsat Government Solutions and G42 Space Program want to work together to deliver AI-enabled remote sensing services to customers, G42 announced. Under the agreement, satellite company Yahsat will make use of G42’s artificial intelligence, cloud computing and analytics capabilities.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/02/oq-works-with-dubais-mbrsc-on-5g-and-iot/ Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=30224&preview=true&preview_id=30224 OQ works with Dubai’s space centre on 5G and IoT]]>