“The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center” reviews the national industrial capabilities in “Made in the Emirates”

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center participates in the fourth session of the exhibition “Made in the Emirates 2025”, reviewing the most advanced satellite “Mohammed bin Zayed Sat” in the region as an integrated model for space industrialization based on innovation and national partnerships.

The center displays a qualifying model for the full size of the artificial moon, “Mohammed bin Zayed Sat”, as well as a group of parts that were developed locally in cooperation with national partners that include the main structure and aluminum plate in the form of a beehive, a base that carries the budget wheel, the electronic fund and the wire package, and the suite also includes a model of Rashid exploring in the embodiment of the UAE’s contribution to exploring the moon and enhancing the global space economy.

Salem Hamid Al -Marri, Director General of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center, said that the center is proud of the local partnerships that contributed to the development of advanced components of the artificial moon “Mohammed bin Zayed Sat” according to the highest international standards, which constitutes a role model in integration between the national authorities to accelerate the advanced manufacturing process and enhance the leadership of the UAE in the space sector.

He added that the participation of the center in the exhibition confirms its commitment to support the national vision based on a sustainable knowledge economy based on innovation and advanced technology and the satellite “Mohammed bin Zayed Sat” was completely developed with Emirati hands with manufacturing about ninety percent of its mechanical components and electronic systems within the country, with the participation of leading national companies, including strata, Falcon, Halcon, EBI and the United Arab Emirates For aluminum and Rockford Zellex in a step that reflects the competitiveness of the Emirati private sector in the space sector and the project shares in creating new economic opportunities and transferring knowledge and technical expertise in a way that enhances building a sustainable and innovative environment for the national space sector in line with the UAE’s vision to build a diverse economy based on knowledge, and IBI and Halcon of the Edge group had a pivotal role in developing and collecting vital components of the moon Artificial, where IBI focused on the manufacture of accurate ingredients, while Halcon collected electronic panels.

Dr. Mohamed Al -Ahbabi, the first advisor for cyber and space technologies in the Edge Group, said that the group is proud of its pivotal role in supporting the national satellite tasks of the UAE from the probe to the satellite “Mohammed bin Zayed Sat”, which reflects the advanced level of national industries and Edge’s commitment to push innovation and enhance the UAE’s position in the space sector.

Ismail Ali Abdullah, Executive Director of the Strategic Complex Unit in the Investment Sector at Mubadala and the Managing Director of Strata, stressed that the company’s contribution to manufacturing parts and components of the satellite is an exceptional support for an initiative to make in the Emirates and consolidate the vision of localization of advanced industries, especially in spaces and aviation, indicating that Strata contributed to the manufacture of mechanical parts The high -quality aluminum plates of the artificial moon are able to withstand harsh space conditions, and stressed that this partnership embodies the center’s confidence in national competencies, as the Emirates International Aluminum Company provided the center with aluminum Celestall the first aluminum in the world to be produced using solar energy and was used in basic parts of the satellite.

Abdel Nasser Bin Kalban, CEO of Emirates International Aluminum Company, said that the use of aluminum Celestall in the satellite “Mohammed bin Zayed Sat” highlights the role of sustainable innovation in drawing the future of the space sector, and Falcon has also contributed to developing the mechanical structure of the moon using advanced materials.

The Falcon Group, CEO of the Falcon Group, said that the company is proud of its partnership with the center in developing accurate mechanical components that are compatible with strict space standards.

Rockford Zellex has played a pivotal role in developing integrated systems and wire solutions, as its founder and CEO Numan Arshad said that the company has carried out all the works related to wires in cooperation with the center, stressing that the task represents an important step in enhancing the UAE’s position in the space sector and reflects the participation of the center in “Made in the Emirates 2025”, its commitment to contribute to achieving the target of the state towards building a competitive economy Various based on innovation, and the mission of “Mohammed bin Zayed Sat” contributed to stimulating local manufacturing, enhancing self -sufficiency and consolidating the UAE’s position as an advanced center for space industries in the region.