UAE to launch a navigation satellite next year

UAE to launch a navigation satellite next year

Al Ain: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will launch a navigation satellite next year aimed at demonstrating the country's technological capabilities, a top official told Emirates News Agency, WAM."The first satellite will be launched in 2021 and the second – a technologically enhanced one – the following year," said Dr Khaled Al Hashmi, Director of the National Space Science and Technology Centre, NSSTC, in UAE University in Al Ain.Navigation satellites offer positioning signals for navigation functions in car navigation systems and smartphones, which are widely used across the globe. These convenient systems use signals from satellites for satellite positioning services that help detect someone's current location. These services are also used for many other purposes such as surveying, and disaster prevention etc.The UAE's navigation satellite will be the first project