The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and Dubai Municipality have signed an agreement to design and manufacture the first environmental nanometric satellite in the region.
The satellite, DM SAT1, is a project of the Dubai Future Accelerators program and is designed to collect and analyse environmental data using space technology.
DM SAT1 will provide data for monitoring sandstorms and other environment related activities, including aerosols and other factors affecting the climate as well as natural marine and wildlife reserves.
The data will then be used to find solutions to the increasing pollution in cities as well as to address climate change.