UAE military satellite lost in Vega launch failure

[Chhatrapati]

Its right u shouldn't , keep using European services which are expensive while Russian, Chinese and even Indian launches are cheap Saudi Arabia and UAE have good relations with India and India is Jordans 4th largest trading partner. Even i would like to keep relations with Jordan limited as their isnt much potential to begin with. While India's focus is on Saudi Arabia , UAE , Qatar and Iran

Bruh! Them Emiratis don't care about expenses of launching. It's a government sanctioned program, we launch small programs, piggyback on our own satellites. We don't need to sell the idea of Antrix corp, even we uses ESA it's a credible agency. This failure will be brushed under the rug given the history of ESA, but if we fail to launch a heavy satellite from a foreign nation, that'll be done deal for Antrix.

Besides, some launches are strategic, and this specific satellite is also used for surveillance is developed with European and American systems on them.

 

[Goku]

Bruh! Them Emiratis don't care about expenses of launching. It's a government sanctioned program, we launch small programs, piggyback on our own satellites. We don't need to sell the idea of Antrix corp, even we uses ESA it's a credible agency. This failure will be brushed under the rug given the history of ESA, but if we fail to launch a heavy satellite from a foreign nation, that'll be done deal for Antrix.

Besides, some launches are strategic, and this specific satellite is also used for surveillance is developed with European and American systems on them.

True we need to and we are going slow , currently we launch small satellites but we need to move fast to capture satellite launching market
Nevertheless i was talking in general sense not about this particular satellite

 

[Arulmozhi Varman]

We really shouldn't use Indian products tbh to keep close relations with Pakistan. I prefer working with Pakistan and 11 Arab nations and getting Pakistan to develop a space rocket, and giving TOT to Arab states in exchange for funding of the space launcher coming from us.

India received a lot of rocket tech from Russia also. Did you consider this?

If you are talking from your hate for India then I have nothing much to add. I quoted as I was thinking you are thinking from commercial/quality aspect.

Anyway good day.

 

[Blacklight]

The satellite was a very sophisticated and secret one, made in Europe.. so it was logical to be sent from Europe.. but the UAE should have known better.. maybe sending it from Ukraine or Russia or even India as you said would have been better.. but only if it was not a EU package.. making and launching.. included in the price.. So the real thing is about the time..then number 2 will be called number one and one ..number two..The best though is if the UAE has gotten its full TOT (which i think is the case..).. then, nothing else really matters..

The terms of the contract, indicate that a certain TOT, did take place.

 

[Aramagedon]

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A military spy satellite has come crashing down to earth after the failure of its launch rocket, sending the expensive payload into the Atlantic. The UAE-owned Falcon Eye 1 was intended for dual-use, meaning both military and civilian reconnaissance applications. And on the military side, one of the objectives of a UAE satellite—given the current situation in the region—would have been monitoring Iran.

Tensions in the Middle East remain high, between the U.S. and regional allies on one side, and Iran on the other. The UAE is seen by Teheran as part of that enemy axis led by the U.S. and set against Iranian interests. One of the core military objectives of the two Falcon Eye satellites—of which this was the first— is to monitor UAE’s borders—especially its long maritime shoreline. And when it comes to the integrity of that maritime border, given those ongoing tensions, that means monitoring the activities of Iran in the Persian Gulf.

As such, in failing to launch the first Falcon Eye satellite, the UAE has lost a major surveillance advantage. The satellites, which include Thales optics capable of earth resolution down to 70 centimeters, fall under the operational remit of Abu Dhabi’s Space Reconnaissance Centre (SRC), and local media heralded the potential to provide the military with “state-of-the-art capabilities in Surveillance, Intelligence, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance.”

Update: Crashed UAE military spy satellite raises possibility of enemy cyberattack

The European Vega rocket had been launched from French Guiana on Wednesday evening (July 10) to put the Falcon Eye 1 spy satellite into orbit—with an identical satellite due to launch soon. But two minutes after take-off, the mission suffered a catastrophic failure. Falcon Eye 1 was destroyed in the accident.

According to Space Flight Now, the French operator behind the launch, Arianespace, announced that a failure “resulting in a loss of mission,” had occurred at “around the time of ignition of the Vega rocket’s solid-fueled Zefiro 23-second stage.”


The company’s spokesperson, Luce Fabreguettes, went on to apologize on behalf of Arianespace ”to our customers for the loss of their payload.”

SPACE FLIGHT NOW
This was the third attempt to launch this particular mission, with two previous attempts earlier in the month called off due to adverse weather conditions. The Vega launcher has been operating since 2012 and has completed 14 successful missions.

According to Space Flight Now, Arianespace’s next mission—due in September—is uncertain. “The Ariane 5 is set to launch with the Intelsat 39 communications satellite and the EDRS-C spacecraft, the first dedicated satellite for the European Data Relay System developed by Airbus and the European Space Agency.”

The launch of Falcon 1 had been delayed by the need to satisfy U.S. ITAR restrictions, which impacted the bilateral agreement between France and UAE over the $1 billion program. The deployment of advanced surveillance capabilities by the UAE will raise awareness of the level of military sophistication being deployed in the region as tensions continue to rise.

Related: U.S. military satellites likely cyber attacked by China or Russia or both

The UAE considers itself the regional leader in space programs and was behind the creation of the Arab Space Cooperation Group, which comprises UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon, Sudan and Kuwait. Of the group, Saudi Arabia also has increasing aspirations in the field but is much less open about what it is doing.

There has been no comment yet from Abu Dhabi’s Space Reconnaissance Centre (SRC) on the failed mission. Despite speculation about the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of space assets, and the increasing offensive cyber capabilities being exercised by Iran, there has been no speculation yet that this launch failure was attributed to offensive cyber action or more general sabotage.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...hes-down-to-earth-after-catastrophic-failure/

 

[yavar]