- UAE-based edtech startup SpacePoint signed an MoU with UK’s Advanced Rocket Technologies (ART) to boost STEM education and space technology in the MENA region.
- The partnership will enable student-led satellite experiments and future launches aboard ART’s reusable suborbital rockets.
- SpacePoint’s hands-on SatKit program offers real-world satellite development training, aligning with UAE’s vision for space innovation and tech-driven education.
Space Point, an edtech start-up in the UAE that is part of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund (MBRIF)'s Innovation Accelerator program, today signed a memorandum of understanding with UK company Advanced Rocket Technologies (ART) that will see the two firms work together on improving Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education and advancing space technology across MENA.
SpacePoint a UAE start-up company that is changing the face of STEM education in the UAE and ART, a UK start-up that designs and launches reusable space rockets in the middle east, will collaborate on projects to conduct space- and STEM-related experiments and, in the future, launch satellites for Space Point aboard ART suborbital rockets.
Abdullah Alsalmani, SpacePoint CEO stated "We are looking forward to working with Advanced Rocket Technologies to assist us in fulfilling our long-term goal; for the UAE to be a prime regional center for useful space education, enabling students to become the innovators, engineers and entrepreneurs who will shape future space exploration and development of technology in the region and worldwide". Collaborating with ART will allow us to tap into precious access to advanced technology that will drive faster development in space education, enabling us to train the next level of space engineers who will, subsequently, leave their mark on UAE space history, and eventually, spread the positive influence to the rest of the region.
The two organizations entered a Memorandum of Understanding to create a framework for their collaboration and outline key responsibilities and roles.
Mrwan Mohey, Chief Operating Officer at Advanced Rocket Technologies stated "This alliance is an important step toward our long-term vision: launching home-developed satellites and scientific experiments on rockets developed in the Middle East via spaceports within the region, creating a fully trusted and complete space environment to enable the future of space exploration from our region".
In addition to that, it also equips the future generation with the proper resources and tools to make significant input towards the expansion of humanity throughout the universe providing actual-world experience through experiential courses and real-life launch opportunities.
To enhance learning in the STEM disciplines and bridge the gap between theoretical STEM education and working expertise, Space Point provides for students to earn real-world, immersive experience. Its experiential satellite development courses, provided through its specially created SatKit, are designed to prepare students to learn to build and test real satellite subsystems, to qualify them for careers in the space and advanced technology sectors.
SpacePoint's SatKit is a hands-on learning kit that guides students step by step in constructing and testing satellites so that they can apply the theory they have learned. With a specialized, satellite-and-real-spacecraft-subsystem focus guided by engineers with direct experience of UAE satellite missions – SpacePoint delivers more than theory, delivering practical, end-to-end training from mechanical assembly to software testing and integration mirroring actual engineering processes.
SpacePoint is part of Cohort 9 of the innovation accelerator program of MBRIF, which aims to be a catalyst for innovation in the UAE. Focusing on the priority sectors set out in the UAE's National Strategy for Advanced Innovation, MBRIF's Accelerator program supports innovators to reach their full potential and create positive impact both within their industries and on the future of the broader economy.
