Today, the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre announced on its official X account that the satellite F\u20111 will be launched today from Vandenberg Air Force Base in the United States of America.<\/p>\n
The centre said that it developed this mission as part of an initiative to host satellite payloads, in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, offering countries and entities the opportunity to test their innovations in space.<\/p>\n
F\u20111 represents a qualitative step in the UAE\u2019s journey toward opening space access to countries and institutions, and enhancing international cooperation in science and technology. The satellite was fully developed and assembled in Dubai, reflecting the UAE\u2019s vision to invest in innovation and enable international partners to contribute actively to space exploration.<\/p>\n
A global platform for space research and innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n F\u20111 is a standardized 12U CubeSat satellite, weighing up to 20 kilograms, with an expected operational lifetime of about one year. It is designed to allow international partners to test and evaluate new technologies in low-Earth orbit.<\/p>\n Through this mission, the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre contributes to providing a supportive space environment for research, education, and innovation \u2014 enhancing capability development in satellite engineering, data processing, and real-time mission operations.<\/p>\n The satellite hosts a set of innovative payloads that reflect the spirit of international cooperation: a payload dubbed \u201cAmaan\u201d from the Bahrain Space Agency, aiming to test data\u2011encryption software; a long-range wireless communications system using LoRa technology, from the Nepalese company Antarikshya Pratisthan Nepal; as well as a video camera payload from the centre itself, specialized in space imaging to capture high\u2011definition photos and videos \u2014 intended to provide relevant observation data, support educational programs, and help test and validate future technologies.<\/p>\n Additionally, F\u20111 carries a payload named \u201cLuna\u201d from the Sharjah Academy for Space Sciences and Astronomy \u2014 an electronic module used to measure temperature and determine satellite orientation.<\/p>\n Developed in the UAE<\/strong><\/p>\n F\u20111 was fully developed at the facilities of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai, in cooperation with the partners during the phases of design, testing, and mission preparation. The centre provided full technical support for the integration and verification processes to ensure that all payloads meet their operational objectives.<\/p>\n Once the satellite reaches a low-Earth orbit at an altitude of approximately 500\u202fkilometres, it will begin sending data to the control and monitoring station affiliated with the centre, where the data will be analyzed and shared with the participating parties \u2014 supporting future research efforts.<\/p>\n This mission embodies the United Arab Emirates\u2019 growing role in building a global space ecosystem based on cooperation and the exchange of knowledge and expertise, reinforcing the use of space for the benefit of humanity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On 26 November 2025, the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre announced the launch of the F\u20111 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base, marking a fresh step in the UAE\u2019s efforts to open space access to nations and institutions, and to advance global cooperation in space science and innovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[211],"tags":[241,247],"class_list":["post-13998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happening-in-dubai","tag-dubai-activities","tag-uae-projects"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13998"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14001,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13998\/revisions\/14001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}