Our Missions
About Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), established in 2006, is a leading scientific and technological hub driving the UAE’s leadership in space services and exploration. MBRSC has grown to become the incubator of the UAE National Space Programme, fostering innovation and excellence in the space sector.
Track KHALIFASAT
KhalifaSat is one of the world’s most technologically advanced remote sensing observation satellites and the first 100% designed and manufactured in the United Arab Emirates. It was launched into low Earth orbit (Approximately 613 km in altitude) in October 2018, beginning a 5-year mission to capture and transmit high-quality detailed images of Earth to the MBRSC in Dubai.
- Launch: 29th October 2018
- Location: Tanegashima Space Centre, Japan
- Rocket: H-IIA rocket
- Mission: Provides detailed 3D imagery, with a GSD of 0.7 m panchromatic and 2.98 GSD in four multispectral band
The UAE through its endeavor to explore the moon, confirms its belief in science as a path to development, and enhances its position among the leading countries in space science for the benefit of humanity
- H.H. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
We began the last fifty years in the desert of our country, and we embark on the next fifty from the desert to Mars, where our dreams will be grander
- H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Guided by Zayed’s vision, we eagerly anticipate scripting new achievements and raising our flag
amidst the stars
Science and history go hand in hand; with the help of science, humanity is able to track its history, to record it, and to preserve it for future generations to learn about the deeds of their fathers and forefathers
- H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan