Khalifa Sat
| Khalifa Sat | |
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| Type: | Earth observation satellite |
| Country: |
 United Arab Emirates
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| COSPAR-ID : | 2018-084F |
| Mission dates | |
| Dimensions: | 330 kg |
| Size: | 2 × 1.5 × 1.5 m |
| Begin: | October 29, 2018 at 4:08 am UTC |
| Starting place: | Tanegashima Space Center |
| Launcher: | H-2A F-40 |
| Orbit data | |
| Rotation time : | 96.7 min |
| Orbit inclination : | 97.8 ° |
| Apogee height : | 621 km |
| Perigee height : | 597 km |
KhalifaSat (DubaiSat-3) is an earth observation satellite of the United Arab Emirates .
It was launched into sun-synchronous orbit on October 29, 2018 at 04:08 UTC with an H-2A launcher from the Tanegashima Space Center (along with GOSAT 2 and several other smaller satellites) .
The satellite was developed in partnership between the Emirates Institute of Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) and the South Korean Satrec Initiative GmbH, is based on Satrec's SI-300 platform and has a planned lifespan of five years. The satellite was known as DubaiSat-3 at the beginning of its development and is an evolved version of DubaiSat 2 that was launched by a Dnepr rocket in 2013 . KhalifaSat is equipped with a 40 cm Korsch telescope with a CCD camera with a resolution of 75 cm panchromatic and 3 m multispectral (red, green, blue and NIR) as well as a swath width of 12 km and a recording length of 1500 km. The images are transmitted to earth in the X band at 320 Mbit / s.
Unlike its two predecessors, which were completely built in Daejeon , the final assembly of the satellite took place in Dubai , where Satrec had delivered the bus, the electrical system and the satellite's camera. The ground segment for receiving and processing the images ( Image Reception and Processing Station or IRPS) was also delivered to Dubai by Satrec.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ path data to KHALIFASAT. N2YO, January 6, 2019, accessed January 6, 2019 .
- ↑ a b NASASpaceFlight.com: Japanese H-IIA launches GOSAT-2 Earth Observation Satellite launch - NASASpaceFlight.com , accessed January 6, 2019
- ↑ eoPortal Directory: KhalifaSat - Satellite Missions - eoPortal Directory , accessed on January 6, 2019
- ↑ Key Space Programs & Experience. In: satreci.com. Retrieved July 29, 2020 .