The UAE is set to launch two satellites over the next two years, including a navigation satellite in 2021.
“The first satellite will be launched in 2021 and the second – a technologically enhanced one – the following year,” Dr. Khaled Al Hashmi, director of the National Space Science and Technology Centre (NSSTC) in UAE University in Al Ain told news agency WAM.
The NSSTC was jointly established by the UAE University in Al Ain, the UAE Space Agency and the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ICT-Fund). The UAE’s navigation satellite will be the first…
