The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will soon launch the country's first earth observation satellite. The Emirates Institute for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) was quoted as confirming that the satellite named DubaiSat-1 is all set to launch.DubaiSat-1 was developed by Satrec Initiative of South Korea together with UAE engineers of EIAST. “It will be one of the most advanced small size satellite of its kind and not only this but the UAE team which participated in its development was also the highlight of the project,” Director General of EIAST Ahmed Obaid Al Mansoori said. The development team of DubaiSat-1 has already started working on finalizing designs for DubaiSat-2 and strategic partners for the project are also being selected, Mansoori said. He added that the new satellite's planned launch is 2012.
