The UAEs second remote sensing satellite, DubaiSat-2, will be launched on board a Dnepr Rocket through the Moscow-based International Space Company Kosmotras (ISCK) from Yasny Cosmodrome in Northern Russia by the fourth quarter of 2012 as part of a clustered launch, in which DubaiSat-2 will be the primary satellite on board, a statement said. Read more
A second observation satellite funded by the Dubai government is likely to orbit the earth in the second half of 2012 and plans to develop two more are on the cards, a government official said on Monday. Read more