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Asteroid Mission right on track for 2028 launch
Gulf News
|September 19, 2025
SPACECRAFT COMPLETES CRITICAL DESIGN REVIEW, NOW UNDER ASSEMBLY
The UAE Space Agency's Emirates Asteroid Mission is making steady progress while the Mohammad Bin Rashid Explorer spacecraft has completed its critical design review and is now under assembly.
This was revealed to Gulf News by Salem bin Butti Al Qubaisi as he launched the UAE Space Agency's 2025 Space Economy Survey.
The Emirates Asteroid Mission will unlock the secrets of ancient asteroids, examining their makeup, structure, and temperatures to reveal how they've evolved over billions of years.
'We are on track'
This story is from the September 19, 2025 edition of Gulf News.
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