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Space Diplomacy: UNOOSA and Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre announce payload program awardees
A joint initiative, the Payload Hosting Initiative (PHI), is a cooperation program under the Access to Space for All Initiative between the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC). PHI-1, which the first transport is called, will carry two payloads from the National Space Science Agency of the Kingdom of Bahrain (NSSA) and the Antarikchya Pratisthan Nepal University.
Through the PHI programme, UNOOSA and MBRSC provide the possibility to host payloads on a satellite platform developed by the Bin Rashid Space Centre. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Rrinsindika, CC BY-SA 3.0
UNOOSA and MBRSC provide payload hosting on Bin Rashid Space Centre's satellite platform through the PHI program. Developing countries have a significant opportunity to demonstrate new technologies and build capacity through the program. It promotes capacity-building and space science and technology in developing countries.
For Salem Humaid AlMarri, Director General of MBRSC,…
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