KhalifaSat congratulates UAE on National Day, capturing the “Year of Zayed” logo from space

KhalifaSat, an earth observation satellite built and manufactured by Emirati engineers in the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) facilities, congratulates people of the UAE with a capture of H.H Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan picture from space. The picture of the late founder of the UAE was part of the “Year of Zayed” logo sent by Khalifasat to the ground station at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai. It was captured while the satellite was passing over the United Arab Emirates from its Low Earth Orbit at about 613 km.

The first image KhalifaSat took was of Palm Jumeirah, when it passed over the UAE on 31 October 2018, two days after Khalifasat was successfully launched from Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan.