DubaiSat-1

DubaiSat-1

Operator	EIAST
Major contractors	Satrec Initiative ISC Kosmotras (LSP)
Bus	SI-200
Mission type	Remote sensing
Launch date	29 July 2009 18:46 GMT
Carrier rocket	Dnepr-1
Launch site	Baikonur Site 109/95
Mission duration	Five years
Mass	200 kilograms (440 lb)
Orbital elements
Regime	Sun-synchronous

DubaiSat-1 is an Emirati remote sensing satellite which is being operated by the Emirates Institution of Advanced Science and Technology. It was constructed by the Satrec Initiative, based on the SI-200 satellite bus.^[1]

It was launched into a 680-kilometre (420 mi) sun-synchronous low Earth orbit by ISC Kosmotras, who used a Dnepr-1 carrier rocket. The Deimos-1, UK-DMC 2, Nanosat 1B, AprizeSat-3 and AprizeSat-4 satellites were launched on the same rocket as secondary payloads. The launch occurred at 18:46 GMT on 29 July 2009, and was conducted from Site 109/95 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

DubaiSat will return imagery of the Earth which the Emirati government will use to help plan future land development programmes. It will relay these images to a ground station in Dubai which was built by ViaSat. The satellite has a mass of around 200 kilograms (440 lb),^[1] and a design life of five years.^[2] It is controlled by a three-axis stabilisation system, with pointing accuracy of 0.2 degrees.^[3] Its power system consists of three deployable solar panels charging three 6 Ah nickel-cadmium batteries. The solar panels are predicted to generate 360 watts (0.48 hp) of power at the beginning of the satellite's operational life, and 336 watts (0.451 hp) of power at the end.^[2]

See also

• 2009 in spaceflight
• RazakSAT

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Krebs, Gunter. "DubaiSat-1". Gunter's Space Page. http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/dubaisat-1.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-29. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "DubaiSat-1 Space Segment". EIAST. http://www.eiast.ae/default.aspx?options={a93e7034-0baa-4e2b-be21-721a4b6feb8e}&view=Article&layout=Article&itemId=113&id=81. Retrieved 2009-07-29. 
3. ^ "SI-200 Bus System". Satrec Initiative. http://www.satreci.com/eng/ds1_1.html?tno=10#a41. Retrieved 2009-07-29.