Space42 Plc: Commercial (United Arab Emirates), launches, rockets and satellites

0Orbital launches

0All launches (incl. suborbital)

6Satellites in orbit

3Satellites built

0Rockets / spacecraft

Space42 Plc is a commercial company based in the United Arab Emirates, founded in 2024. Our records show 6 satellites in orbit.

Recent headlines

Viasat and Space42’s D2D joint venture finds first mobile partner in UAE SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2025
Viasat and Space42 to pool satellite spectrum for direct-to-device services SpaceNews · 16 Sep 2025
Viasat and Space42 co-invest in shared direct-to-device satellite prototype SpaceNews · 11 Mar 2025
Second SAR satellite advances Space42’s hybrid connectivity and imagery vision SpaceNews · 16 Jan 2025
SpaceX launches UAE’s Thuraya-4 mobile connectivity satellite SpaceNews · 4 Jan 2025
Yahsat and Bayanat forge AI-powered space technology champion SpaceNews · 1 Oct 2024
Sabbagh leaves E-Space to lead incoming UAE satcoms and geospatial champion SpaceNews · 20 Dec 2023

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Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 1 source: GCAT (J. McDowell)
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Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.