L’Agence spatiale des Émirats arabes unis (UAESA) est l’agence spatiale du gouvernement des Émirats arabes unis chargée du développement de l’industrie spatiale du pays.
Le secteur spatial des Émirats arabes unis
UAESA est responsable du développement, de la promotion et de la réglementation du secteur spatial aux EAU. L’agence est chargée de la croissance du secteur grâce à des partenariats, des programmes universitaires et des investissements dans la R&D, des initiatives commerciales et la conduite de la recherche et de l’exploration en sciences spatiales.
The UAE’s National Space Strategy 2030
In March 2019, the UAE Government launched the National Space Strategy 2030, which sets the general framework for the UAE’s space industry and activities carried out by public and private sectors for the years leading up to 2030. Read more on UAE’s National Space Strategy 2030.
As per data of April 2015, THE UAE’s investments in space technologies have already exceeded AED20 billion, including investments made in the satellite data and TV broadcast company – Al Yah Satellite Communication, the mobile satellite communication company – Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications and the Earth mapping and observation system – Dubai Sat.
Mission to Mars
The UAE Space Agency and MBRSC have signed an agreement to build an unmanned probe to Mars. The UAE would be the first Arab and Islamic country to be sending an unmanned spacecraft to Mars. The UAE would send the spacecraft by 2021, coinciding with the country’s 50th anniversary. The UAE Space Agency would execute the mission with support from international partners.
The UAE’s Mars Hope Probe is set to begin its journey to the Red Planet on 15 July 2020 from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Centre (TNSC) in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.