During the mission, Al Neyadi will conduct many in-depth and advanced scientific experiments as part of the UAE Astronaut Programme.
Falcon 9
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The Falcon 9 mission will take place at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in mid-2023.
The first mission under the agreement will launch no sooner than November 2022 on a SpaceX Falcon 9.
NASA awarded a contract to SpaceX in February 2021 for the Falcon 9 launch for SPHEREx alone, valued at $98.8m.
Satellogic announced a similar agreement with SpaceX in January 2021 covering four rideshare launches.