What Suez Canal crisis looks like from space: UAE satellite captures images

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has shared stunning new images taken by KhalifaSat that show what the progress in recent efforts to clear the Suez Canal looks like from space.

The major trade route has been blocked for six days by the massive container ship Ever Given (Follow our live coverage here).

The view from space of the Ever Given in the Suez Canal.

Those pictures taken by #KhalifaSat show the progress in efforts to refloat the massive container ship Ever Given that has blocked the Suez Canal since March 23. pic.twitter.com/ktfIuLikbP

— MBR Space Centre (@MBRSpaceCentre) March 29, 2021

KhalifaSat is a remote sensing Earth observation satellite that was designed and built at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai. It is the first entirely Emirati-made satellite and was launched into orbit on 30 October 2018 from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center.

The Ever Given got stranded diagonally across the Suez Canal on March 23 after it lost the ability to steer due to strong winds and a sandstorm. It has been partially refloated as on Monday and has started its engines.