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Etihad-SAT

Compiled from public sources on 2026-06-21. Not independently verified by Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre.

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Etihad-SAT is a UAE low-Earth-orbit synthetic-aperture radar Earth-observation mission launched on 2025-03-15 and placed at about 500 km altitude ^[1]^[2]. Its SAR payload supports spot, scan, and strip imaging modes for all-weather observation, with applications including oil-spill detection, natural-disaster management, maritime navigation, smart agriculture, and environmental monitoring ^[1]. The mission uses the SpaceEye-R platform, a SAR platform line associated with Satrec's satellite-system portfolio ^[3].

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current status	operational
operator	Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre
platform	spaceeye-r
launch vehicle	spacex-falcon-9
Launched	2025-03-15
orbit type	Low Earth orbit, ~500 km
tasking supported	false
Last updated	2026-06-21
claim status	agency-sourced

Where this fits, supply chain

Compositional position

this ——— etihad-sat-sar payload

this ——— SpaceEye-R small SAR satellite platform bus

this ——— Oil spills related-topic

this ——— Disaster damage assessment related-topic

this ——— Vessel tracking related-topic

this ——— Crop stress and yield related-topic

Sources

[1]MBRSC announces successful launch of Etihad-SATagency doc2025-03-152026-06-21
[2]MBRSC launch details for Etihad-SATagency doc2025-02-272026-06-21
[3]Satrec Initiative satellite systems and SpaceEye-Roperator datasheet-2026-06-21
[4]Etihad-SAT public mission recordcommunity-2026-06-21

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