Plan to launch KhalifaSat a sign of Dubai’s excellence

Dubai’s decision to launch a third satellite into orbit by 2018 is a marker of how seriously the emirate is pursuing its developmental goals. The launch of KhalifaSat two years from now is ticking many boxes that are a proof of Dubai’s multi-targeted approach to nurturing its human resource growth in relation to the spirit of scientific enquiry.

When in orbit, the satellite will map images that will aid Dubai in a host of areas that top line development: environmental monitoring, urban planning, disaster relief management, ship detection and cartography and topography, to name a few. The advances made by countries, and the world in general, due to harnessing satellite technology are legion as they have redefined the way we live our lives and engage with the demands of progress and security for mankind. It is critical for every country to generate its own technological intellect and the fact that KhalifaSat is the result of Emirati engineering and vision is the organic outcome of the emirate’s vision for itself.

From Dubaisat1 and Dubaisat2 to KhalifaSat, the milestones Dubai is reaching augur well for its growing scientific achievements.