Tag: UAE
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STARPATH GLOBAL Showcases Space–Air–Ground Monitoring Capabilities and Applications for Energy Infrastructure at ADIPEC 2026
ABU DHABI, UAE — ADIPEC 2026, the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, was held from November 2 to 5, 2026, at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi. The event brought together 2,260 exhibiting companies, 30 country pavilions, and more than 1,800 speakers. With discussions spanning energy security, infrastructure resilience, artificial intelligence, digitalization, and investment partnerships,…
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UAE Reveals Asteroid Belt Lander Ahead of 2028 Launch to Mysterious Red Asteroid
The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt follows the UAE Space Agency’s Hope Mars orbiter, which has studied the Red Planet since 2021. The autonomous lander will ride attached to the main spacecraft, MBR Explorer, named after Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and the UAE’s prime minister. The lander was designed, built…
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SpaceX Crew-6 returns to Earth after six-month ISS Stay
After more than six months in space, four people splashed down in the waters near Florida. The SpaceX Crew-6 mission, which launched on March 2 and docked with the International Space Station (ISS) the following day, undocked on Sept. 3 at 7:05 EDT (11:05 UTC). Recovery vessels retrieved the crew and their capsule, Crew Dragon…
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Trend or aberration? Russia is launching foreign satellites again
For the first time since the invasion of Ukraine essentially cut off Russia’s space industry from foreign customers, a Russian rocket lifted off Tuesday and carried satellites into orbit with commercial technology from Western companies. The payloads from companies based in the United Kingdom and Luxembourg flew on a satellite owned by the United Arab…
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SpaceX launches Falcon 9 carrying private Japanese moon lander
SpaceX has used its Falcon 9 rocket to send a privately funded mission toward the surface of the moon. After a series of delays, HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) at 2:38 AM EST (07:38 UTC) on Dec. 11. An initial launch…
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UAE makes history as Al-Amal arrives at Mars for two-year mission
The United Arab Emirates made history Tuesday, 9 February as they became the first Arab nation and only the second nation in history to succeed in placing a spacecraft into Martian orbit on their very first attempt. The Al-Amal probe, which translates to “Hope” in English, began its 27-minute Mars Orbit Insertion burn at 15:30…
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Europe and Russia launch Emirati military/civilian Earth imaging satellite
Arianespace has used — with Russia’s support — a Soyuz ST-A rocket to launch a joint military and civilian Earth imaging satellite for the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces from the Guiana Space Centre near Kourou, French Guiana. Liftoff of the Falcon Eye 2 satellite occurred at 20:33:28 EST on Tuesday, 1 December (01:33:28 UTC…
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United Arab Emirates begins historic first interplanetary mission
The United Arab Emirates and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre have begun their first interplanetary voyage: the Emirates Mars Mission. The probe, called Al Amal (which translates to “Hope” from Arabic), launched on a Japanese H-IIA rocket at 17:58:14 EDT (21:58:14 UTC) from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan to begin a seven-month…
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United Arab Emirates begins historic first interplanetary mission
The United Arab Emirates and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre have begun their first interplanetary voyage: the Emirates Mars Mission. The probe, called Al Amal (which translates to “Hope” from Arabic), launched on a Japanese H-IIA rocket at 17:58:14 EDT (21:58:14 UTC) from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan to begin a seven-month…
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UAE-built Mars orbiter arrives at launch site ahead of July liftoff
An Emirati-built Mars explorer, named Al Amal (“Hope” in English) and developed by engineers at the Mohammed bin Rashed Space Centre, has been shipped to the JAXA-run Tanegashima Space Center for final checkouts and preparations ahead of its launch aboard an H-IIA rocket. The launch window for this mission is currently scheduled to open July…