UAE’s National Space Strategy 2030

Chapter 1 - Foreword, Methodology and Studies

The strategy, objectives and scope

The purpose of this strategy is to translate the national space policy issued by the UAE in 2016 into Areas of Focus and a collection of high priority initiatives and programs that seek to establish the national purposes and ambitions in the space industry that have been drawn by the national space policy, with a guaranteed commitment to the principles mandated by the policy.

This strategy is concerned with the space industry and space activities of the UAE during the period 2018-2030, and this includes governmental (non-military), commercial, and scientific space activities executed by the operating bodies of the public and private sectors, the academic institutions and R&D centres. This strategy is also concerned with the national space activities and those of other countries that national operating bodies participate in or contribute to.

References to the strategy development

The regulatory framework of the space sector

Based on the relevant objectives and competences, the UAE space agency is working on developing the strategic and regulatory framework of th...