DubaiSat-1
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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]
Quick Facts Mission type, Operator ...
Mission type | Remote sensing |
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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) |
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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]