‘To more achievements’: UAE astronauts hail successful launch of Etihad-SAT
- Space
- March 21, 2025
(From left) Nora AlMatrooshi, Mohammad AlMulla, Sultan AlNeyadi and Hazzaa AlMansoori. Photo: MBRSC
The UAE’s tryst with space hurtled into another orbit on Saturday, March 15 after the country successfully launched the Etihad-SAT satellite.
The satellite, weighing 220kg, was launched into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
It was the country’s second satellite to go into orbit this year after MBZ-SAT was thrust into the galaxy on January 14.
