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 An artist rendering of DubaiSat-1 | |
| Mission type | Remote sensing |
|---|---|
| Operator | Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre |
| COSPAR ID | 2009-041B [1] |
| SATCAT no. | 35682 [1] |
| Mission duration | 6 years and 22 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | SI-200 |
| Manufacturer | Satrec Initiative, South Korea |
| Launch mass | 190 kg |
| Dimensions | 1200 x 1200 mm (hexagonal) |
| Power | 330 watts |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 29 July 2009, 18:46:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Dnepr |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 109/95 |
| Contractor | ISC Kosmotras |
| End of mission | |
| Last contact | 21 August 2015 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric[2] |
| Regime | Sun-Synchronous |
| Perigee altitude | 666 km |
| Apogee altitude | 681 km |
| Inclination | 98.13° |
| Period | 98.21 minutes |
| Epoch | 29 July 2009 [2] |
| Main camera | |
| Name | Dubai Medium Aperture Camera (DMAC) |
| Wavelengths | Pan: 420-720 nm MS1: 420-510 nm (blue) MS2: 510-580 nm (green) MS3: 600-720 nm (red) MS4: 760-890 nm (near infrared) |
| Resolution | 2.5 m (Pan) 5 m (MS) |
DubaiSat-1 (Arabic: دبي سات-1) is a remote sensing Earth observation satellite built by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) under an agreement with Satrec Initiative, a satellite manufacturing company in South Korea.[3]
DubaiSat-1 was launched on 29 July 2009 into a 680 km altitude Sun-synchronous polar orbit from the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan, along with several other satellites on board the Dnepr launch vehicle.[4][5][6]
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- ^ a b McDowell, Jonathan. "SATCAT". Jonathan's Space Pages. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ Al Rais, Adnan; et al. "DUBAISAT-1: Mission Overview, Development Status and Future Applications" (PDF). Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology. pp. V196–V199. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ Hamilton, Charlie (29 July 2009). "After years of work and delays, DubaiSat-1 finally ready for lift-off". The National. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ "DubaiSat 1". NASA. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ "DubaiSat-1's pyramid image dedicated to Egyptians". Zawya. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
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