Outer Space

Abu Dhabi’s IHC is acquiring an 80% stake in Marlan Space, which is investing $1 billion with Loft Orbital to develop a constellation of 50 AI-enabled satellites manufactured in the UAE. The project will process observations directly in orbit, giving Emirati and European users faster access to strategic information while deepening the UAE’s technological partnerships with France and the United States.

A Falcon 9 upper stage from SpaceX crashed into the Moon on August 5, carving a new crater and reviving an awkward question: what does international law say when nobody owns the damaged territory? The incident exposes the gaps in the Outer Space Treaty and the 1972 Liability Convention, just as the US, China and Russia race to set their own rules on the Moon.

Jamming, spoofing, and cyberattacks are turning orbit into contested territory. This analysis examines why the principle of peaceful use of space is being eroded in practice.

Commercial satellite imagery has transformed modern warfare by making conflicts more easily monitored and that is precisely why controlling access to it has become strategically important.

Photo Credit: AI Earlier this month, a group of astronauts travelled around the moon for the first time in fifty years. Artemis II is considered a successful scientific mission and has increased the interest in space exploration once again. Americans and Canadians travelled to the dark side of the moon to learn more about the celestial body that orbits around the Earth. But there are thousands of satellites that orbit the Earth every single day that we think little about. The