Space controllers put significant effort into planning a spacecraft’s arrival - whether it is to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere, enter into orbit or land on a planet. Often, these plans can take years to unfold. For aircraft, flight times are much shorter, so delays become even more noticeable. In planning for arrivals, systems using time-based separation between aircraft can potentially halve delays from headwinds. Real-time wind data is used to calculate the optimum safe time between arriving aircraft. Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin

Masdar City, UAE - August 10, 2016

Today global technology leader Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), the UAE Space Agency and Mubadala launched a space-based workforce training program to develop emerging leaders in the UAE space industry.

The modern world, with its technology and global connectedness, has been shaped in many ways by unfolding advancements in satellite technology. Satellites have enabled smart phones, cable television, ATMs, GPS navigation, climate monitoring and more. Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin

Generation Space: The Space Fundamentals Training Program for early career professionals across the UAE aerospace industry will run for the next four months and includes training in the UAE and the United States.

For almost 20 years, the Lockheed Martin A2100 satellite platform has served various telecommunications needs, providing global broadband, mobile and military communications. More than 40 satellites using the A2100 platform have been delivered, accumulating more than 500 years of service. Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin

The program begins in the UAE with training in “space foundations” and moves into more technical topics, covering more than 200 hours of course work.

Participants will also complete mentor-guided research projects.

Space serves as the primary domain to drive greater global connectivity that can yield new possibilities, whether a user wants to access data from land, at sea or in the air. Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin

Dr Khalifa Al Romaithi, Chairman of the UAE Space Agency, said:
“This latest initiative represents and realizes the long-term strategic vision of the UAE Space Agency, which seeks to bring together Emirati stakeholders as well as maximizing international cooperation in the space sector. Furthermore, we are committed to instilling a sound scientific understanding among up-and-coming Emiratis as part of our efforts to develop a knowledge-based economy.”

Lockheed Martin is developing a variety of new spacecraft that will explore planets and asteroids in our solar system. These capabilities will help scientists and researchers gain new insights about the solar system, universe, Earth and life origins. Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin

Homaid Al Shimmari, Chief Executive Officer of Aerospace & Engineering Services at Mubadala said:
“Mubadala is proud to be a part of Generation Space, which will provide the UAE’s next generation with hands-on experience across the UAE and US space industries. The future strength of the UAE’s aerospace industry depends on the development and innovation of the young professionals who will lead our country into space for the benefit of the people of the Emirates.”

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Masood M. Sharif Mahmood, Chief Executive Officer of Yahsat said:
“It is essential for us to focus on the development of our human capital to ensure the sustained development of the UAE’s space sector. We are proud to be associated with an initiative that provides our youth with a platform to learn, develop and attain their full potential. ‘Generation Space’ is a program that will not only equip young engineers with the skills needed to excel in the aerospace industry but also help them chalk out a path for their long-term career growth.”

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“We are excited to be a part of the UAE’s journey into space,” said Nabil Azar, Regional Director of Lockheed Martin’s Space System’s Company.
“This program brings together emerging Emirati leaders to support their training and development to literally reach beyond the stars. But much more than a training opportunity, ‘Generation Space’ supports the growth of a generation dedicated to the UAE’s space industry and the country’s dynamic vision towards a diversified knowledge-based economy.”

The headquarters for all classroom training, guest lectures, and other major events with leadership from all participating agencies with be at the Lockheed Martin Center for Innovation and Security Solutions in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi. Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin

In September, the early career professionals will complete a US space industry immersion program hosted by Lockheed Martin.

This segment of the program will include attendance at the OSIRIS-REx launch along with job shadowing, touring Lockheed Martin’s virtual reality facility, and seeing satellite production facilities.

Emerging leaders of the space industry have embarked on a journey to learn what it takes to make it to space through an intensive training program that includes classroom training, professional development and mentoring. Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin

The headquarters for all classroom training, guest lectures, and other major events with leadership from all participating agencies with be at the Lockheed Martin Center for Innovation and Security Solutions in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi.


About the OSIRIS-REx

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission will study a near-Earth and potentially hazardous asteroid.

The Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, spacecraft is scheduled to launch in 2016, rendezvous with asteroid 1999 RQ36, and ultimately bring back samples to Earth.

The samples will be the first for a U.S. mission and may hold clues to the origin of the solar system and likely organic molecules that may have seeded life on Earth.

Lockheed Martin will design and build the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, asteroid sampling system and the sample return capsule from its Space Systems Company facilities near Denver.

In addition, the company will operate the spacecraft from its Mission Support Area from launch until the asteroid samples are returned.

The asteroid, formerly called 1999 RQ36, is now Bennu.
Bennu was chosen as the name of the asteroid as a part of the “Name that Asteroid” contest.

The competition was open to students under age 18 from anywhere in the world.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission will study a near-Earth and potentially hazardous asteroid. Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin

Mission Overview:

• Launch in September 2016, encountering asteroid 1999 RQ36 in October 2019

• Study RQ36 for up to 505 days, globally mapping the surface from a distance of 5 km to a distance of 0.7 km

• Obtain at least 60 g of pristine regolith and a surface material sample

• Return to Earth in September 2023 in a Stardust-heritage sample return capsule

• Deliver samples to JSC curation facility for world-wide distribution


Science Objectives:

• Return and analyze a sample of pristine carbonaceous asteroid regolith in an amount sufficient to study the nature, history, and distribution of its constituent minerals and organic material.

• Map the global properties, chemistry, and mineralogy of a primitive carbonaceous asteroid to characterize its geologic and dynamic history and provide context for the returned samples.

• Document the texture, morphology, geochemistry, and spectral properties of the regolith at the sampling site in situ at scales down to the submillimeter.

• Measure the Yarkovsky effect on a potentially hazardous asteroid and constrain the asteroid properties that contribute to this effect.

• Characterize the integrated global properties of a primitive carbonaceous asteroid to allow for direct comparison with ground-based telescopic data of the entire asteroid population.


Additional Information:

http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/  


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About the UAE Space Agency

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has embarked on an historic initiative via setting up a Space Agency that will join others in promoting space exploration and  contributing to the g lobal scientific space community.

The UAE Space Agency has developed a strategic framework to guide the Agency in executing its mandates dictated by the Decree that was established in July 2014.

These areas include developing the space sector, creating space policy and regulation, supporting the development of a generation of engineers and scientists and directing national space programs that will have direct benefits to the UAE’s economy and developing human capital.


About Lockheed Martin

Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 125,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.


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