![]() However, little progress to establish the regional agency was made after the proposal. The UAE had already launched satellites and established an Earth Observation Space Center in Abu Dhabi. Plans were submitted to the region's governments and pushed for at the Global Space Technology Forum in December 2009. The proposed regional agency would reduce the cost of putting satellites into orbit and pool talent and research. ![]() ![]() It would not develop its own launch capability, as that was commercially available. The agency would monitor security and environmental changes with equatorial satellites. The Arab Science and Technology Foundation said an agency for the Middle East and North Africa already had unofficial support from some governments and hoped that a regional organisation for disseminating satellite images could form an early foundation. The UAE proposed in 2008 to establish a Pan-Arab Space Agency, as a civilian project like the European Space Agency (ESA). The agency is charged with the growth of the sector through partnerships, academic programmes and investments in R&D, commercial initiatives, and driving space science research and exploration. It was created in 2014 and is responsible for developing and regulating the space sector in the UAE. The United Arab Emirates Space Agency ( UAESA) ( Arabic: وكالة الإمارات للفضاء translit: wikālat al-Imārāt l-lifaḍā') is the space agency of the United Arab Emirates government responsible for the development of the country's space industry.
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