• Dubai will reach for the stars with the first 100 per cent Arab satellite designed and built by Emiratis.
    Dubai will reach for the stars with the first 100 per cent Arab satellite designed and built by Emiratis.
  • The newly named Khalifa-Sat will be manufactured at the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology in Dubai and is expected to be launched in 2017.
    The newly named Khalifa-Sat will be manufactured at the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology in Dubai and is expected to be launched in 2017.
  • It will be the UAE’s fifth satellite – Abu Dhabi and Dubai already have two each – but the first to be a wholly Emirati project without external partners.
    It will be the UAE’s fifth satellite – Abu Dhabi and Dubai already have two each – but the first to be a wholly Emirati project without external partners.
  • Our history says that Arab and Muslim scientists gave the world great achievements. We continue to believe that the same creative spirits run in their children,” Sheikh Mohammed said.
    Our history says that Arab and Muslim scientists gave the world great achievements. We continue to believe that the same creative spirits run in their children,” Sheikh Mohammed said.
  • ”All Arabs are innovators … our job is to create the right environment for them.”
    ”All Arabs are innovators … our job is to create the right environment for them.”

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In pictures: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid inaugurates Khalifa-Sat satellite project

The National staff

December 30, 2013

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Dubai will reach for the stars with the first 100 per cent Arab satellite designed and built by Emiratis.

Inaugurating the project on Sunday, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, the Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, drew a comparison between the Arab world’s history of creative innovation and the talents of a new generation of young Emirati scientists.

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