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Qatar Aeronautics and Space Agency (QASA) is a non-governmental/non-profit organization that is designed as a core performance agency to support Qatar's overall aeronautical and aerospace development. QASA will act as a gateway for Qatar to outer space. QASA will motivate Qataris to support the sustainable development of the state of Qatar by calling for united national efforts to advance space technology and its uses. Besides, QASA will attract young, intelligent Qataris to become space scientists and technology pioneers and pass their invitations and studies to outer space. Our organization is focused on promoting search exploration in Qatar, inspiring new generations of Qataris to take part in space missions, and enhance the development of astronomy. We believe that space activities and astronomical research will not only advance Qatar's overall aeronautical and aerospace development but also serve as powerful tools for its economic, social, and environmental development. Hopefully, QASA’s core performance will become a further testament to a knowledge-based and sustainable economy of Qatar.
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Everything has a beginning
The V2 missile was the first long-range ballistic rocket, which could fly high enough to get into space. The V2 missile was developed in Germany during the Second World War and launched in 1942. Sputnik 1 was the first satellite launched to orbit by the USSR on October 4, 1957. Nowadays, humans seem to subjugate the whole world since we have explored the places where no human has set foot. However, we firmly believe that humanity has not reached its peak intelligence, and we can do much more to advance astronomical research and explore the last unmapped places in space. This is our beginning.
Why we need space exploration
Space programs have generated a wide range of hardware, software, and processes that have made their way into a myriad of applications. The benefits of these applications are directly attributable to the original investments made by the space agencies and the private sector. QASA is aimed at advancing space exploration in order to:
Space exploration gives Qatar the inestimable benefits since many foreign investors provide funding for blue-skies science projects, inspires new generations of space scientists, and reveals innovative, powerful ways to extract scientific knowledge from enormous datasets. In looking toward future advancements in the aerospace field, QASA is aimed at strengthening and evolving four core competencies, which are built upon air transportation, satellite-based communication, AI-powered systems, and excellence in education:
- Generate new technological knowledge by using high‐performance space systems and applications in space missions, thereby increasing our national technical competence.
- Acquire scientific knowledge from space to promote Qataris’ understanding of the Solar system and the fragility of life in the Universe.
- Support astronomical research and aerospace, which is an economically, socially, and environmentally important field.
- Prepare young space scientists for leadership in the implementation of aerospace engineering systems.
- Enhance the capacity of working in space and strengthen international space exploration partnerships.
- Foster the development of markets for space products and services.
Space exploration gives Qatar the inestimable benefits since many foreign investors provide funding for blue-skies science projects, inspires new generations of space scientists, and reveals innovative, powerful ways to extract scientific knowledge from enormous datasets. In looking toward future advancements in the aerospace field, QASA is aimed at strengthening and evolving four core competencies, which are built upon air transportation, satellite-based communication, AI-powered systems, and excellence in education:
- Space science.
- Human–system collaboration.
- Computation.
- Space vehicle design.