An international conference on the necessity for collaboration and international cooperation in the growth of the space sector will be held in Abu Dhabi. On December 5 and 6, the Abu Dhabi Space Debate will be held.
According to a tweet from the president of the UAE, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the conference "aims to strengthen cooperation, formulate new international policies, and develop solutions to some of the most pressing challenges in the global space sector" and is a forum for dialogue.
The UAE Space Agency is hosting the two-day conference, where leaders in business and government will join together to discuss pressing concerns preventing space exploration and innovation.The UAE is proud to be hosting the Abu Dhabi Space Debate in December. The event is a platform to facilitate dialogue and aims to strengthen cooperation, formulate new international policies and develop solutions to some of the most pressing challenges in the global space sector.
— محمد بن زايد (@MohamedBinZayed) September 7, 2022
It would serve as a forum to examine the sector's prospects and difficulties, with the goal of advancing not just international cooperation and debate but also the formation of real alliances and multilateral accords.
The UAE Space Agency and the Abu Dhabi Space Debate Committee are both chaired by Sarah bint Yousif Al Amiri, Minister of State for Public Education and Advanced Technology. She also stated: "We are seeing a huge expansion in organizations developing space capabilities and potential, but that growth in the sector brings challenges, ranging from preservation of national interests to the regulation of private sector players. The Abu Dhabi Space Debate aspires to establish a global forum that will unite a varied and thought-provoking audience and produce real advancements in global collaboration.
With 19 Earth-orbiting satellites already in operation and another 10 in development, the space sector in the United Arab Emirates alone is a thriving and quickly expanding source of economic growth.
The UAE has committed to long-term interplanetary exploration missions and the accelerated development of its emerging private sector space ecosystem. The UAE has over 50 organizations and institutions, five research centers for space sciences, and the development of a strong educational sector in space sciences, research, and engineering.
We cannot overstate the value of international cooperation to our objectives as we carry out our long-term aspirations in space, the initial steps of which are plainly described in our National Space Strategy 2030. Such cooperation with partners in Europe, South Korea, the US, Japan, and other places has formed the foundation of our space program.
We are committed to supporting initiatives ranging from the Artemis Accords to the United Nations Guidelines for the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities because we have been eager to embrace international efforts to collaborate on shared aims and objectives. This Debate will be a crucial component of that commitment, according to Al Amiri.
Notably, the UAE announced in 2020 that it will build a satellite to be named in honor of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. MBZ-Sat is expected to be launched in 2023.
Engineers and scientists from the Emirati nation will build it and utilize it for commercial and civilian purposes.
In April 2022, UAE partnered with US space agency NASA on a Mars mission to boost scientific collaborations on the Red Planet.
Moreover, the country's first interplanetary exploration Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) has finalized a science data analysis collaboration initiative with NASA's MAVEN Mars Mission, to improve scientific returns from both spacecraft - currently orbiting Mars and observing the Red Planet's atmosphere.
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