Space42 is a UAE-based, AI-powered SpaceTech company established in 2024, integrating satellite communications, geospatial analytics, and artificial intelligence. It has two business units: Yahsat Space Services and Bayanat Smart Solutions. Space42 focuses on satellite operations, geospatial data processing, and AI-driven solutions, with major shareholders including G42, Mubadala, and IHC.
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Space42's Thuraya-4 satellite has entered its final operational phase, preparing for service activation with coverage across more than 25 countries.
Space42’s AI-powered geospatial intelligence platform, GIQ, is now available on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.
Space42 and Autonomous A2Z signed a Memorandum of Understanding to commercialize Level-4 autonomous driving systems across the Middle East and Africa.
The collaboration between Space42 and e& aims to deliver 5G Non-Terrestrial Network connectivity through Viasat’s satellite network.
Iceye and Space42 assembled three SAR satellites in the United Arab Emirates under a similar agreement earlier this year.
On October 13, 2025, Space42, an AI space technology company based in the UAE, announced that its geospatial information platform GIQ is now available on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.
Space42 shipped three Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites - Foresight-3, Foresight-4, and Foresight-5 - from Abu Dhabi to the United States.
Space42's AI platform, GIQ, will analyze data from the satellites.
Iceye previously built two satellites for Space42 that are already in orbit.
The satellites are part of Space42’s Foresight constellation, which delivers 25-centimeter resolution SAR imagery.
Space42 has shipped three synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites, which are its first satellites to go through assembly, integration, and testing (AIT) within the United Arab Emirates under a partnership with Iceye.
These satellites are the first integrated in the UAE under a deal that Yahsat and Bayanat reached with Iceye in 2023.
Abu Dhabi-listed space tech company Space42 is set to launch the Al Yah 4 and Al Yah 5 satellites in 2027 and 2028, respectively.
Space42 integrated its GIQ platform into Microsoft Azure and opened its marketplace for third-party developers to monetize AI models.
Space42 announced plans to form a joint venture called Equatys with Viasat, a US provider of high-speed satellite broadband services.
Major shareholders of Space42 include Abu Dhabi entities such as G42, Mubadala, and the International Holding Company (IHC).
In July, Space42 signed a $695.5 million facility backed by the Export Credit Agency to develop two next-generation satellites, Al Yah 4 and 5.
Space42 is a UAE-based space technology enterprise formed from a merger between Al Yah Satellite Communications Company and Bayanat.
Ali Al Hashemi, the CEO of space services at Space42, was elected chairman of the Global Satellite Operators Association (GSOA) last month.
The chief executive of Abu Dhabi-backed Space42 stated there is a focus on the 'satellites as a service' segment.