Ahmed Al Baloushi, a master of engineering systems engineering at the University of Khalifa and one of the officials of the reception room for satellite data from the satellite «MySat 1», the arrival of the satellite to the International Space Station, located at a distance of 400 km from the surface of the Earth, 28 thousand km per hour, pointing out that the satellite will be controlled through the control room in the city of Masdar, where the location of the satellite will be determined and directed through a computer and electronic system specially designed for the moon.
Al-Balushi told Emirates Al-Youm that the moon was launched yesterday by the NASA space agency as part of the payload of the rocket to the International Space Station, where the load will be unloaded and the missile launched at its specific angle to start circling the earth and sending pictures and data, The University team that attended the launch will leave the United States today, and a meeting will be held with the team to prepare to begin receiving data.
"The satellite (MYSAT 1) will be controlled by the control room in Masdar City, where the satellite will be located and routed through a computer and electronic system specially designed for this moon," he added.
For its part, the University of Khalifa stressed that the Maisat 1 is designed for educational and research purposes and was developed entirely by the students of the university in the Yahasat Space Laboratory of Al-Yah Satellite Communications Company, noting that the mission of the artificial satellite is characterized by capturing vital and comprehensive digital camera of the state UAE from outer space using remote sensing technology using fully innovative lithium ion batteries at Khalifa University.
The ULSAT 1 is one of the mini-satellites used to conduct space research. It is made of cubic units with dimensions of 10 x 10 x 10 cm. The Moon mass does not exceed 1.33 kg, The satellite is designed for educational purposes to take pictures of the UAE from space, to monitor the urban development, natural terrain, islands and desertification in the UAE, in addition to a review of the process of remote sensing.
5 stages
On May 1, two master's degree students at Khalifa University worked on space systems and techniques. The project started in 2015. The project was divided into five phases, including the construction of the moon's structure so that it could withstand the space environment, The second stage is for vibration and heat transfer, the third stage is the provision of communications and electronic devices in the satellite, while the fourth phase focused on the wheel of control of the rotation of the moon, the final phase included the final design, and the moon before the actual launch.