UAE Business: UAE Space Agency launches Space Data Centre project – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: UAE Space Agency launches Space Data Centre project – Gulf Digital News

UAE Space Agency (UAESA) has launched the Space Data Centre, a digital platform providing scientists, scholars, public and private entities, start-ups and community members with access to space data.

This was done on the sideline of its participation with the UAE delegation at 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), hosted in Egypt between November 6 to 18.

The Space Data Centre is part of the transformational projects launched by the UAE’s government, aiming to realise the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, to focus on creating the world’s best and most active economy.

Innovative ecosystem

The Space Data Centre aims to provide an innovative ecosystem to utilise space data and technologies to address global sustainability challenges, promote space-related solutions to overcome national challenges, and boost the number of companies and patents in the space industry.

The initiatives also help attract leading innovators, accelerate the development process of space products, and increase productivity in scientific research to provide people with a better life, by utilising space-related applications and services.

In cooperation with Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE), the UAESA also announced that Farmin, the Emirati AI and remote sensing technologies start-up, won