With Isro achieving success on its
Mars Orbiter Mission (MoM) in its
maiden attempt, United Arab Emirates has sought India's cooperation for
its first inter-planetary expedition, which is slated to launched in
2020.
The two countries also signed a pact to cooperate in the field of space technology Thursday.
"We
recently launched the UAE Space Agency. We are looking to develop
science around space particularly developing Mars mission that will
culminate hopefully by 2020-21 when we celebrate our golden jubilee as a
nation."
"This is another demonstration of UAE's forward looking
and pioneering initiative where focus on developing partnership with
those who have space expertise," Reem Al Hashimi, UAE's Minister of
State for International Development said.
The Emirates Mars
Mission orbiter is set to arrive at Mars in 2021 to coincide with the
50th anniversary of the founding of the UAE. The rocket is expected to
blast off from Earth during a brief "launch window" in July 2020 and is
set to arrive at Mars in 2021. The move is also remarkable as UAE will
be the only Gulf nation to have embarked on such ambitious project.
The
spacecraft will be a compact, hexagonal-section spacecraft. It will be
built from aluminum in a stiff but lightweight honeycomb structure and
surfaced with a strong composite face-sheet. Its overall size and weight
are comparable to a small car. It will weigh approximately 1,500 kg
including fuel, and measure 2.37 m wide by 2.90m tall.
Elaborating
on the space cooperation project with the Indian Space Research
Organisation (Isro) Hashimi said, "We wouldn't be doing launches. We
have been involved in space related activities for our satellite
launches and we have worked very closely with South Korea.
"But
its more focused on what are the necessary technologies that can be
developed in-house that require certain level of knowledge and expertise
that is specific to this industry and we have done that already in the
fields of satellites."
Mohammad Anwar Gangarsh said the pact will pave to start a cooperation between the space agencies of the two states.
"Right
now we have the framework for cooperation. I think this is really
something which will allow the agencies to talk and communicate as so
forth.
"It is extremely important that as we come to our (golden)
jubilee we are putting a stretch target and at the same time we
understand that this sort of programme the spill over effect on science
and technology in our own society and that is extremely important,"
Gangarsh said.
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