What are KhalifaSat imageS for?

Through KhalifaSat, the MBRSC will continue to provide free images for the UAE government and local government entities. International customers, on the other hand, will have to pay for the centre’s services.

If the services are related to humanitarian causes, however, the centre will offer free images.

“At the moment, we give our data to the UAE government and local entities for free and this is something we are proud of,” he said. “When it comes to international customers, we will continue to give service and we have our existing operation agreements. We have customers who are already asking us to do value-added services for them by doing our own analysis and reports. We are also involved with international organisations to focus on disaster management. Imagery is essential when it comes to disasters all over the world,” the MBRSC said.

“There is a great significance when it comes to the UAE proving its capabilities. The UAE is putting its name on the global map and saying that this country is thriving in space with great missions. At the same time, it proves that the country is moving forward in enabling its own people and the youth, trusting its team and creating results. Scientifically and technically, this will be the first UAE-developed technology that will be in space. The camera that we put on KhalifaSat is much improved from our previous missions. We have a lot of our existing users and customers of satellite images keen to look at KhalifaSat images because it will provide highly accurate image data.”

We also tested and integrated the spacecraft electrically with the launch vehicle.”

Amer Al Sayegh, project manager of KhalifaSat, MBRSC