ABU DHABI, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will launch the country's first earth observation satellite late this year, local Gulf News reported on Wednesday.

    The Emirates Institute for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) was quoted as confirming that the satellite named DubaiSat-1 is all set to launch.

    DubaiSat-1 was developed by Satrec Initiative of South Korea together with UAE engineers of EIAST.

    The satellite will be launched by a Russian rocket of the Moscow-based International Space Company Kosmotras, according to the report.