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Abu Dhabi is to create a space technology and innovation centre to encourage Emiratis to study space science and inspire the UAE's future space missions.
Khalifa University of Science and Technology, the UAE Space Agency (UAESA), and Al Yah Satellite Communications (YahSat), on Wednesday signed a three-way funding agreement to establish and operate the Khalifa University Space Technology and Innovation Centre (KUSTIC).
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The facility will be technical space hub in which students will learn about satellites and conduct research on space.
A virtual gathering in Abu Dhabi on the agreement was attended by Dr Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises and Chairman of the UAE Space Agency; Dr. Eng. Mohammed Nasser Al Ahbabi, Director-General of the UAE Space Agency; Dr Arif Sultan Al Hammadi, Executive Vice-President, Khalifa University of Science and Technology; and Masood M. Sharif Mahmood, Chief Executive Officer of Yahsat.
KUSTIC will develop satellite manufacturing capabilities in the UAE, promoting and inspiring entrepreneurship in the space sector, supporting space science and technology initiatives of the UAE Space Agency, and focus on the design and assembly/integration/testing of small satellites through the Yahsat Space Lab.
KUSTIC will aim to achieve the UAE's vision in space exploration, technologies, and applications.
It will play a crucial role in building capabilities and creating a technical hub by training UAE students in satellite design and manufacturing, conducting scientific research in the space sector and applications, and developing satellite manufacturing capabilities in the UAE. It will also promote and inspire entrepreneurship in the space sector; while supporting space science and technology initiatives of the UAE Space Agency.
The Center will incorporate the existing YahSat Space Lab (YSL), which was established in 2017 as the nationwide focal point in the design and Assembly/Integration/Testing (AIT) of CubeSats, both in terms of facilities and of expertise.
All small satellite design, AIT and manufacturing activities of the Centre shall be performed at YSL.
The lab produced and successfully launched the UAE's first imaging CubeSat in 2018.
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