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    In pictures: Milestones in the UAE space programme

    UAE will send the first Arab mission to the moon by 2024


    Published:  February 07, 2021 14:21 Last updated:  February 09, 2021 18:36 Shyam Krishna, Senior Associate Editor and Devadasan K P, Picture Editor

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    2000: The communications satellite Thuraya 1 is launched on October 21 by Sea Launch, a multinational spacecraft launch company, from a marine platform in the equatorial Pacific. The 3,200 kg spacecraft, designed to handle thousands of voice, fax, and data transmissions simultaneously from/to mobile telephones, was used for testing and backup until May 2007. Image Credit: Sea Launch Media
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    2003 Thuraya 2-1612692538615
    2003: Thuraya 2, is fired into space on June 10, to handle 13,750 simultaneous voice calls. It serves most of Europe, the Middle East, Africa and parts of Asia. Image Credit: Sea Launch Media / Boeing Inc
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    2008 Thuraya 3-1612692536546
    2008: Thuraya 3, the communications satellite from the UAE, was placed on a geosynchronous orbit January 2.Technically it’s the same as Thuraya 2 but is placed in a different orbit. Image Credit: Sea Launch Media / Boeing Inc
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    2009 DubaiSat-1 a-1612692543287
    2009: DubaiSat-1, a remote sensing Earth observation satellite built by the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST), is put in space on July 29 after the launch from Baikonur Kosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    2011 Al Yah 1-1612692547540
    2011: Al Yah 1, the first satellite of Yahsat (Al Yah Satellite Communications, owned by Mubadala) is launched on April 11 from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    2012 Al Yah 2-1612692545311
    2012: Al Yah 2 is launched on April 24 from Baikonur Kosmodrome, Kazakhstan, 2012. It helped extend a wider range of C, Ku, Ka, and L-band solutions for terrestrial, maritime and aero platforms to consumers, governments and enterprises. Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    2013 DubaiSat-2-1612692554062
    2013: DubaiSat-2, is an electro-optical Earth observation satellite built by the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology, is launched from Baikonur on November 21. The mission is to provide electro-optical images for users within the UAE and abroad. Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    2018 Al Yah 3-1612692551299
    2018: Al Yah 3 is put into orbit in January 2018, extending its commercial Ka-band coverage to 35 additional markets, including South America for the first time. Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    2018 KhalifaSat111-1612692561577
    2018: KhalifaSat, a remote sensing Earth observation satellite designed and built at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai, is considered the first Emirati-made satellite. It is launched into orbit on October 30 from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Centre. Image Credit: Courtesy MBRSC
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    2018 KhalifaSat22-1612692556227
    UAE's KhalifaSat successfully lifts off to space on board H2-A rocket from Japan's Tanegashima Space Centre. Image Credit: Courtesy MBRSC
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    2019 Hazza-1612692558337
    2019: First Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri makes history by becoming the first Arab on the International Space Station. He rode aboard a Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur on September 25 and spent eight days doing experiments aboard ISS. Image Credit: AFP
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    Emirati astronaut Hazzaa Al Mansoori during televised link to public from International Space Station (ISS). Image Credit: Courtesy MBRSC
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    2019 UAE HOPE MARS LAUNCH33-1612692564023
    2019: The UAE successfully launched the Mars Hope mission to Mars on July 19. Mission goals include creating the first holistic diurnal picture of Mars’ atmosphere. Image Credit: AFP
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    2020 UAE-Hope-Probe-Mars-1-1612692570464
    2020. The Hope Probe is expected to enter the Mars orbit on February 9. Image Credit: Gulf News archives
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    2024: The UAE plans to send an unmanned mission to the moon’. The mission will include a rover named Rashid to cover areas not explored in previous missions. Image Credit: AFP
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    2024 scientific-1612692568046
    Above, the technical specifications of the Rashid rover. Image Credit: Courtesy MBRSC

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