The Kingdom of Bahrain always harvested the fruits of its investment in its righteous sons and its distinguished young national cadres recorded regional and international achievements, referred to as Lebanon, and the distant and the proximum testifies, and perhaps the most recent of these successes and achievements the launch of the Bahraini satellite “Al -Mundhir” to its space orbit successfully, carried on the missile «Falcon 9), which was launched on its space journey in cooperation with the company« Speus X » As part of the “Transports – 13” space mission, from the Vandenberg base for satellite forces in the US state of California.
The entry of the Kingdom of Bahrain the space of space is a historic achievement that comes thanks to the care and direction of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of the country, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, may God protect and preserve him, and with a wise follow -up from His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Prime Minister, may God protect him, and with distinguished efforts from His Highness the Lieutenant General Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Commander of the National Security General of the Supreme Defense Council.
Here, it must be noted by the statements of His Highness Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, in which he stressed that “the space sector is one of the most prominent sectors of the future economy based on knowledge and innovation, and we look forward to more satellite projects that contribute to enhancing Bahrain’s position at the international level.”
The entry of Bahrain to the space world came as a culmination of the efforts of national institutions in the Kingdom, its cooperation and solidarity in particular, the Bahrain Defense Force, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and National Economy, the Ministry of Information, the National Communication Center and the Ministry of Communications and Communications, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Bahrain Polytechnic and some Bahraini startups, which confirms constructive cooperation between the public and private sectors in all fields, and at all levels, especially projects The future satellite channel, especially with the American Space Agency praising NASA with the efforts of Bahrain and emphasizing that “the Kingdom is taking important steps towards building an advanced generation in space science.”
From this standpoint, we can predict the great gains that Bahrain reaped through the success of its launch project towards space, especially with regard to the enabled Bahraini competencies in addition to the independence of the Kingdom in the field of space, the enhancement of the capabilities of monitoring the Earth changes of the Kingdom, and the enhancement of the leading artificial intelligence technologies in regional space technology, as well as enhancing its capabilities in the field of space cybersecurity.
Perhaps what must be noted is that “Al -Mundhir” is the first Bahraini satellite to be designed and fully developed with Bahraini hands, and we do not miss in this regard to refer to the great efforts of the National Authority for Space Sciences and its distinguished national cadres, especially since the “Al -Mundhir” project contributed to empowering a team of young Bahraini engineers to acquire practical experiences in developing advanced space systems, starting with the formulation of the concept of the mission Engineering requirements, through the design of systems and software building, and to conduct environmental and operational tests, where the project contributed to the transfer of knowledge and technology, and laying the foundations for the development of future space projects led by Bahraini engineers, ”according to the CEO of the National Authority for Space Sciences, Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Al -Asiri.
Therefore, Bahrain has the right to be proud of its sons and its national cadres, especially the Bahraini staff who took over 100% design, development and employment with excellence, creativity and innovation, as the Bahraini satellite project “Al -Mundhir” revealed the capabilities and competencies of Bahraini space engineers, and their experience, professionalism and innovation, and they are, director of the satellite project “Al -Mundhir”, engineer Aisha Al -Haram, and the official of the systems engineering In the industrial moon, “Al -Mundhir”, Eng. Yaqoub Al -Qassab, the Risk and Quality Management Officer of the industrial moon “Al -Mundhir”, Engineer Amina Al -Balushi, and the official of the satellite software development, Eng. Ali Al Mahmoud, the official of communications systems, engineer Reem Sinan, the official of the energy system, Engineer Ali Al -Qaraan, the official planning and orbital performance analysis, Eng. Ahmed Bushleibi, and the official of the mechanical system of the industrial moon “Al -Mundhir”, Eng. Ashraf Khater, the official of developing the satellite camera load, engineer Mounira Al -Maliki, the official of integration and testing, Eng. Youssef Al -Qattan, and the official registration officer and member of the ground station team, Eng. Marwan Al -Meir.
This historical achievement worships the way for the Kingdom to invest in the space sector, and build on the successes that enhance Bahrain’s position regionally and internationally, and exploiting this great event in more development and modernization in a way that contributes to achieving the comprehensive development process of Bahrain.
