DUBAI/WAM The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) on Thursday announced details of the launch of its first Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite, Etihad-SAT. The satellite, developed in partnership with the Republic of Korea’s Satrec Initiative, is scheduled for launch in the first week of March 2025 aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, …

ABU DHABI/WAM Ahmed bin Ali Al Sayegh, Minister of State, has met with Dorjkhand Togmid, Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abu Dhabi. This meeting took place during Togmid’s visit to the UAE and his chairmanship of the first session of the UAE-Mongolia joint economic committee. The two sides discussed ways to enhance bilateral …

ABU DHABI/WAM ADNOC announced on Thursday it has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Osaka Gas, one of Japan’s largest utility companies, for the supply of up to 0.8 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from ADNOC’s lower-carbon Ruwais LNG project. The 15-year SPA converts a previous Heads of Agreement into a definitive agreement …