UAE to participate in SpaceOps 2016

Abu Dhabi - The UAE Space Agency will use the platform as an opportunity to share experiences and challenges with the international space community.

The UAE Space Agency announced on Tuesday its participation in the 14th International Conference on Space Operations (SpaceOps 2016) which will take place in Daejeon Convention Centre in South Korea, from May 16 to 20. 
The UAE Space Agency will use the platform as an opportunity to share experiences and challenges with the international space community.
Organised by the International Committee for Technical Exchange of Space Mission Operations and Ground-based Data System and hosted this year by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, SpaceOps 2016 will be an important technical event that will facilitate discussion around the most recent principles, methods and tools of space operations.SpaceOps 2016, held under the theme "Expanding the Space Community" and attended by international and professional specialists and experts, will discuss various aspects of space operations' technology, planning, managing missions, launching operations, interoperability and space flight operations. 
It will allow participants to promote and implement low-cost mission development opportunities, which in turn encourages more countries and foundations to participate in space development and operations, and encourages dialogue and partnerships.
"This participation comes within the framework of UAE's space sector's strategic plans that focus on building and strengthening international and global relationships and partnerships in the space sector as a part of its objectives to promote this sector in the UAE," said Dr Khalifa Mohammed Al Romaithi, Chairman of UAE Space Agency. 
Dr Mohammed Nasser Al Ahbabi, director-general of the UAE Space Agency, said the agency will participate in a special panel discussions that will discuss the future direction for emerging national space programmes and the strategies nations are taking in establishing national space exploration programmes, the rationale and motivation for these programmes, as well as the challenges and the role of space operations. 
Dr Al Ahbabi said: "UAE Space Agency's participation in these international events specialised in space exploration and missions became a necessity, given the nature of these operations that take up a large part of the state's and space programmes' budget. Especially since the agency is responsible for funding and supervising the "Hope Probe" project aimed at exploring Mars. Therefore, the conference is a chance to recognise the most recent innovations and technologies within the international space sector." 
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