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Tuesday 26 May 2015 - 11:49 Makkah mean time-8-8-1436
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Abu Dhabi, (IINA) - The UAE Space Agency will announce details of its plans and objectives on the eve of a regional space forum in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, UAE Interact news reported.
The two-day Gulf Space and Satellite Forum, in its fifth year is expected to attract high-ranking officials from the industry, including NASA, to discuss prospective work with the UAE.
"We try to position the UAE as a regional leader in space, and hope in the future it will be part of the big space players,” said Dr Mohammed Al Ahbabi, the agency's director general.
"So it is important for us to have high-profile space events in the UAE and this is an opportunity for us and for our people to meet the best and most famous space scientists, engineers and leaders. They will come here, interact with our own universities and government officials.”
He said the forum would serve as an opportunity for the global space community to witness the UAE's progress and strengthen its relationship with the country.
Since its establishment in July last year, the agency has set up a team that has generated a number of original ideas about what it can become.
The UAE's space sector includes a direct investment of more than Dh20 billion, with three major space players providing space services to the UAE, among others, thanks to a third satellite covering South America expected to launch in 2017.
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