Among the 50 projects

The UAE announces a new space mission to explore Venus and the asteroid belt in the solar system

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The UAE has announced a new mission in the field of space, which includes building an Emirati spacecraft that will travel a 3.6 billion km journey, during which it will reach Venus and seven asteroids within the solar system and make a historic landing on the last asteroid in its five-year journey.

This came during an event attended by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, during which the government announced The UAE is among the fifty projects for the unprecedented space project to explore Venus and the asteroid belt within the solar system, which marks the beginning of a scientific space journey in deep space to reach the planet Venus and the asteroid belt within the solar system, and to achieve the first Arab landing on an asteroid away from planet Earth 560 One million km, the UAE will be the first Arab country and the fourth country in the world to send a space mission to Venus and the asteroid belt in the solar system.   

The new Emirati space project, which enhances the scientific development process and consolidates the UAE's position in the field of planetary and deep space exploration, explores the secrets of the formation of the solar system.

This is after the UAE succeeded in February 2021 in achieving a historic achievement by sending the first Arab probe to Mars orbit last February, and it was the fifth country in the world to reach the Red Planet.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, "may God protect him," stressed: "The UAE's space journey is still in its infancy. Our journeys continue. Our explorations will not stop. The aspirations of our youth have no ceiling. ."

His Highness added: "We are not less than others... We have projects to graduate astronauts and astronauts and build space vehicles... One third of the stars in the sky bear Arabic names because the Arabs were pioneers of astronomy."

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, said: "The UAE project to explore the planet Venus and the asteroid belt is a new test of the capabilities of the Emirati youth to achieve Zayed's ambition in space."

His Highness added: "Our national cadres and talents, and our academic and research institutions, which have achieved qualitative achievements in the space sector, are able to take on the task of the new space project."

Emirati event for the future

The event to announce the new Emirati space project, which was held at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, was attended by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, and His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Finance, Lt. General H.H. Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, and a number of ministers and state officials.

Scientific goals for humanity

The UAE is launching the space project with its unprecedented scientific goals to enhance the UAE's contribution to the scientific progress of humanity.

The "UAE mission to explore Venus and the asteroid belt" contributes to the development of advanced technologies and technological innovations previously unknown to mankind in various sectors, disciplines and space sciences, to achieve this historical scientific leap of human knowledge.

The mission of the new Emirati spacecraft enhances the development of distinguished Emirati and Arab engineering, technological and research competencies over the years preceding and following the historic moment of the launch of the spacecraft in 2028.   

The "UAE mission to explore Venus and the asteroid belt" also benefits from the experiences gained by Emirati national cadres working in the Emirates Mars Exploration Project, "Probe of Hope", which qualifies them to lead such an ambitious space project, based on what they have accumulated of knowledge and scientific expertise over the course of the year. past years.

The mission of the new Emirati spacecraft establishes the UAE’s leadership as a global destination for minds, competencies and qualitative investments in the space exploration and science sector, industries, research and operations related to it.

The unprecedented scientific space mission also enhances the UAE's position as an international knowledge reference in space sciences, an open laboratory for its advanced programs, projects and technologies, and a global center for specialized data and information that provides the outcome of its space missions and knowledge product in this vital space sector for the future of humanity and places it at the service of the global scientific community.

A new project among the 50 projects in the UAE

The Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Muhammad Abdullah Al Gergawi, said that the UAE project to explore Venus and the asteroid belt in the solar system is a new future station within the fifty projects that confirm that the UAE has always worked with ambition that does not know the impossible and ceaseless determination to achieve a better future, and it establishes a new era in Space sciences and constitutes a huge knowledge shift in the field of space exploration and the development of its technologies and sciences, stressing that the strategic project announced by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan within the "Fifty Projects" will achieve scientific and technological achievements.

He added: "The scientific space flight of the Emirati spacecraft towards Venus and the asteroid belt will carry with it ambitions, innovations, science and efforts of integrated scientific, engineering and research teams, who will work continuously from now until the launch date to ensure that the UAE space mission, the first in the Arab world and the fourth globally, towards Venus and the asteroid belt, reaches its goals. Scientific research to record a new chapter in the book of human knowledge.

7 years working on the spacecraft

The new space project includes sending a spacecraft to explore Venus and the asteroid belt within the solar system, and the development of the vehicle will take 7 years, to be ready for its space journey, within a launch window set for the beginning of 2028.

The duration of the scientific mission of the Emirates project to explore Venus and the belt Asteroids 5-year period from 2028 to 2033.

The UAE project to explore the planet Venus and the asteroid belt is the first Arab space mission of its kind, as it will explore the planet Venus, in addition to collecting unprecedented scientific data on 7 asteroids within the asteroid belt within the solar system, with the vehicle landing on the last of the seven asteroids.

A new historical space mission

Minister of State for Advanced Technology and President of the Emirates Space Agency, Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri, confirmed that the UAE project to explore Venus and the asteroid belt within the solar system, thanks to the support of the wise leadership and the efforts of the sons of Zayed, will guide a bright future full of achievements in the field of space science, as a new initiative in the UAE’s scientific journey and journey. For space exploration, the UAE space sector is the largest in the region in terms of investments and projects.”

She added: "This is a new historic space mission for the UAE to be the fourth country in the world to send a mission to Venus and the asteroid belt."

She indicated that the importance of the new Emirati space mission lies in its contribution to the collection of unprecedented scientific data on the formation of planets in the solar system, so that the UAE contributes to revealing this scientific information that allows humanity to have a deeper understanding of the universe and the solar system.

Unique design

There are a set of factors that will be taken into account when designing the Emirati spacecraft for the new 5-year mission, due to its nature and the conditions surrounding the asteroid belt, including providing the spacecraft with different thermal and mechanical packaging, due to its direct exposure to solar radiation and high temperatures, as it will be closer A point for the spacecraft from the sun at a distance of 109 million km, in addition to providing the spacecraft with special navigation, guidance and control systems due to its transit through a nebula of celestial bodies, with special techniques to operate the spacecraft with very little solar energy when it is away on its journey from the sun by a distance of 440 million km .

quality results

As for the desired results of the new Emirati space mission, it is to contribute to the development of the scientific and technical capabilities of the country, and reformulate scientific concepts and theories. It will also encourage national cadres to establish specialized projects in science, technology and space-related fields such as space navigation, guidance and control systems, in addition to attracting scientific and technical talents and competencies. to the state.

The private sector will play an important role in the project, enhancing the growth and prosperity of the UAE space sector as a whole.

Supportive national programs and projects

In conjunction with the launch of the new mission, a number of national initiatives were announced that support the space sector and its industries in the country and contribute to the development of a new generation of entrepreneurs specialized in the sector. The initiatives include announcing an integrated program to support the establishment of Emirati companies in the space sector specializing in space industries and its sciences.

The initiatives accompanying the new Emirati space project also include ensuring that Emirati companies specialized in advanced technological industries obtain contracts within the project to explore the planet Venus and the asteroid belt within the solar system.

The Emirates project to explore the planet Venus and the asteroid belt is accompanied by the announcement of an integrated national training program to develop the professional industries of citizens and qualify them to establish their own companies to serve the space sector and other related industrial sectors.

7 times the journey of the Hope Probe

The billionth journey of the UAE-Arab space project, the first of its kind, is seven times the journey of the "Emirates Mars Exploration Project", the "Probe of Hope", which succeeded in traveling 493 million kilometers in deep space to reach the orbit of the red planet.

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asteroid belt

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belt, which the new Emirati space project aims to explore, extends within the solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, and contains asteroids and astronomical bodies made up of stones and minerals. Jupiter's gravity plays a major role in the formation of this belt.

The asteroid belt is a rotating stellar disk located between Mars and Jupiter at a distance of 300 to 450 million kilometers from the sun, which is equivalent to two to three times the distance between the Earth and the sun, and the size of the asteroid belt is equivalent to 50 trillion trillion cubic kilometers.

It contains billions of objects and bodies ranging in size from small stones to asteroids the size of one third the size of the moon.

Collaboration with universities and research centers

The project to explore the planet Venus and the asteroid belt within the solar system cooperates with the most important universities and local and international research centers to support the project with the necessary studies and research, and to conduct all required tests, within the various stages of the project.

In the first phase, cooperation will be with the UAE University, Khalifa University, and the Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado.

A strategic role in shaping the future

The launch of the giant space project supports the strategic plans of the UAE to enhance the contribution of the space sector to the national economy, as it is one of the sectors of the future economy based on knowledge, innovation and technology, to contribute to achieving qualitative leaps for the national economy, which is a top national priority for the UAE government, and the main factor for ensuring a decent life for its people and future generations.

Resume contribution to human civilization

The Emirati space project constitutes a new historical stage on the path of resuming the contribution of the Arab region to scientific discoveries and human civilization, to support the global scientific community and enrich human knowledge with unprecedented scientific information, data and data from deep space and the solar system.

Space exploration..a sector for the present and the future

The UAE’s announcement of the new space project to explore Venus and the asteroid belt is part of the “50 projects” that establish a new development cycle of national strategic projects, aimed at launching a new phase of its internal and external growth, to consolidate its regional and global leadership position in all sectors, especially The space exploration sector, and working to raise the competitiveness of human beings on the land of the UAE, to reach the best ranks in the world.

The launch of the UAE’s new global project in the space sector, which coincides with its fiftieth year and the golden jubilee of the founding of its federation, sets a new project for Emirati and Arab youth that motivates them to achieve a new breakthrough in technology and space sciences and to develop unique technologies for traveling at exceptional speeds in deep space and landing on an asteroid in the distance. Hundreds of millions of kilometers from the Earth.

The launch of the new space project embodies the meeting of the depth of the scientific and cognitive history of the region with future discoveries and deep space sciences, and restores the contributions of the Arab region to science and human civilization. 

Today, among the 50 projects, the UAE launched a new space mission... a mission to explore the planet Venus and 7 other asteroids in the solar system... and the implementation of the first Arab landing on an asteroid at the end of the 3.6 billion km journey (7 times the Hope Probe's journey to Mars) pic. twitter.com/mUnB1fmyUu

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