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UAE marks Union Day with women, space advances
Gulf Today
|December 04, 2025
The UAE, under its wise leadership is celebrating the 54th Eid Al Etihad with continued momentum towards a prosperous future, reinforced by a range of national and international milestones that have characterised 2025, the Year of Community, under its wise leadership.
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The UAE bolstered its active presence internationally, strengthened its position as a leading economic power regionally and globally, and continued its prominent role in humanitarian initiatives.
The country launched six satellites: Thuraya 4, MBZ-SAT, AlainSat-I, HCT-SAT I, the second phase of the Foresight satellite constellation, and Etihad-SAT. The UAE Space Agency also announced the completion of the final design phase of the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA).
Meanwhile, Space 42, in collaboration with ICEYE, a company specialising in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites, confirmed the successful launch into low Earth orbit of three new radar satellites within the Foresight constellation: Foresight-3, Foresight-4 and Foresight-5.
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre announced in November the successful completion of the development of the Rashid 2 rover as part of the Emirates Lunar Mission.
This story is from the December 04, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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