Space

UAE to launch satellite next month under South Korea partnership

Plans for Etihad-Sat latest move in nation's 'ambitious' space exploration programme

February 27, 2025

The Etihad-Sat is to launch next month, it was announced on Wednesday. Photo: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed / X

The UAE will launch its latest high-tech satellite next month in partnership with South Korea, marking another significant step forward for the country's growing space sector.

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai and Deputy Prime Minister, said the development of Etihad-Sat highlighted the nation's soaring ambitions in space exploration.

He said the advanced synthetic aperture radar (SAR) features cutting-edge imaging technology, enabling it to provide high-precision observation in all weather.

Etihad-Sat was built through a partnership between the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC)and South Korea’s Satrec Initiative, a satellite manufacturing company headquartered in the city of Daejeon.

It is scheduled to launch in the first week of March, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the MBRSC said.

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