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Meet the UAE Mars Mission team
Young, ambitious and committed Emiratis push UAE’s boundaries in space exploration
PUBLISHED: 21:00 MAY 30, 2015
BY NOOR NAZZAL, STAFF REPORTER
Omran Sharaf, project manager
Projet Manager Overseeing the Emirates Mars Mission
At the age of 32, Sharaf already has an impressive trajectory of experience by virtue of being a part of the development of three satellites — DubaiSat-1, DubaiSat-2 and KhalifaSat. From 2011 to 2014, Sharaf was the director of space imaging processing and analysis.
He has also been a part of the UAE’s delegation to the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space since 2010 and is a member of the UAE’s delegation to and former chair of the International Committee of Global Navigation Satellite Systems.
As a child, Sharaf was interested in space but never really expected to work in the field as an adult.
“When I was in high school and trying to decide on what to study [for a career], I chose electrical engineering. I told my family that it would be nice if I could use this [knowledge] to build a satellite. But I never thought that I would actually be doing that because at that time the UAE did not have a space programme.”
But by the time Sharaf had earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Virgina, USA, his dream field had become a reality. He joined the UAE space programme and moved to Korea to continue his education and training in this field.
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Meet the UAE Mars Mission team
Young, ambitious and committed Emiratis push UAE’s boundaries in space exploration
PUBLISHED: 21:00 MAY 30, 2015

BY NOOR NAZZAL, STAFF REPORTER
Omran Sharaf, project manager
Projet Manager Overseeing the Emirates Mars Mission

At the age of 32, Sharaf already has an impressive trajectory of experience by virtue of being a part of the development of three satellites — DubaiSat-1, DubaiSat-2 and KhalifaSat. From 2011 to 2014, Sharaf was the director of space imaging processing and analysis.
He has also been a part of the UAE’s delegation to the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space since 2010 and is a member of the UAE’s delegation to and former chair of the International Committee of Global Navigation Satellite Systems.
As a child, Sharaf was interested in space but never really expected to work in the field as an adult.
“When I was in high school and trying to decide on what to study [for a career], I chose electrical engineering. I told my family that it would be nice if I could use this [knowledge] to build a satellite. But I never thought that I would actually be doing that because at that time the UAE did not have a space programme.”
But by the time Sharaf had earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Virgina, USA, his dream field had become a reality. He joined the UAE space programme and moved to Korea to continue his education and training in this field.
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