Etlaq Spaceport in Duqm carries out its second successful launch with the Azad Dreamer rocket

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Etlaq Spaceport in Duqm carries out its second successful launch with the Azad Dreamer rocket

2 October 2026

Etlaq Spaceport in Duqm carried out a test launch of the Azad Dreamer rocket under the Karman X1 mission. The rocket is 4.3 metres long and weighs 26 kg, and it reached its target altitude within the test range. The mission was not meant to reach space. Etlaq says it was the spaceport's second successful launch, after Duqm-1 in December 2024. Karman X1 belongs to the Takween Program, which Etlaq set up in 2024 for suborbital and experimental launches. Stellar Kinetics MCT of Oman and OculloSpace of Singapore ran the launch, and Orbit2Orbit of Australia supplied the payload. The National Space Programme of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology sponsors the project.

Rocket: Azad Dreamer Mission: Karman X1 Programme: Takween Program Launch site: Etlaq Spaceport, Duqm

Why it matters for exams: A spaceport in Duqm is a science-and-technology first for the Gulf; programme names and the sponsoring ministry are typical recall points.

Kerala PSCUPSC

2 October 2026 Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oman (Duqm Etlaq Spaceport test launch)

In plain words

Suborbital launch A launch that rises to space-edge altitude or lower without orbiting the Earth — Etlaq's Takween Program is meant for such launches.