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The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) participated at the 14th annual SpaceOps event in Daejeon, South Korea. MBRSC showcased its space projects, conducted detailed presentations and hosted demonstrations of the innovative technologies that have propelled the UAE onto the global space science stage.
SpaceOps 2016 played host to the world’s most advanced space agencies, organisations and companies as the UAE showcased its space projects and developed technologies. These included the Emirates Mars Mission, the first-ever Arab mission to another planet that will offer the first truly global picture of the Martian atmosphere, studying weather changes throughout the day and across all seasons of the year and the first-ever Arab mission to another planet.
MBRSC also presented KhalifaSat, the UAE’s most advanced imaging satellite and the first to be built on national soil at the Space Technology Laboratories at MBRSC, which is due for launch in 2018; Nayif-1, the country’s first Nanosatellite, the centre’s satellite imagery service capabilities, and also its on-going international Remote Sensing Application Competition, whereby talented students are able to submit innovative applications for use in satellite imagery received from DubaiSat-2.
Participation in the SpaceOps event enabled the UAE to share knowledge with other international space key players. It also provided a global platform to showcase the country’s growing talent in the manufacture of satellites and its burgeoning space exploration nous. With SpaceOps being one of the most important dates for world leaders on the space science calendar, the event helps to further advance global knowledge of space technology and exploration to create a better future for all.
Director General of MBRSC, Yousuf Hamad Al Shaibani expressed the importance of attending SpaceOps 2016, saying: “Our involvement with the SpaceOps2016 has added meaning
this year and evokes a lot of special memories for usâ€.