Its mission is to study the sun's radiation and photograph the Earth's natural resources

"Sharjah Sat-1" will be launched on December 18th

The main mission of the satellite (Sharjah Sat-1) is a scientific exploration of the sun and training of students to build small satellites.

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The Director of the University of Sharjah and Director General of the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy and Space Science and Technology, Dr. Hamid Majoul Al Nuaimi, revealed that it was decided to launch the cube satellite "Sharjah Sat-1", on Sunday, December 18, 2022, by SpaceX on board the Fulkan rocket from Florida. in the United States of America.

He will be sent to the United States next Tuesday, after the final examinations are completed.

Al-Nuaimi told "Emirates Today", that the cost of the satellite is about three million dirhams, and it included materials for the satellite and its accessories, manufacturing, design and operation laboratory and its computer programs, in addition to launch costs, pointing out that the program is the fruit of cooperation between several international universities, including the University of Sharjah. And the Istanbul Institute of Technology, where dozens of Emirati students who installed the satellite were trained under the supervision of the engineers of the Sharjah Academy of Astronomy and Space Science and Technology, during the previous three years.

He stated that the moon (Sharjah Sat-1) has two missions through two payloads, and the main payload is the developed X-ray detector, which studies the radiation from the sun and some celestial bodies in the Milky Way, and the extent of the effect of X-rays on the space weather of the planet. The sub-beam is two optical cameras for the purpose of imaging to study the Earth's natural resources;

The primary mission of the satellite is a scientific exploratory mission to the sun, as well as training students to make small satellites.

He explained that the life span of the (Sharjah Sat-1) satellite is three years, but it is possible to exceed this period to more than that, depending on the influence of the sun on the ionosphere of the planet’s atmosphere, because the orbit of (Sharjah Sat-1) around the Earth does not exceed 550 km. ;

It is at the boundary of the Earth's atmosphere.

He stated that the design and work in (Sharjah SAT-1) was based on previous experiments of cubic satellites of the American, Russian and European space agencies;

Space engineering relies on different expertise in all engineering fields, noting that the moon was manufactured at the Sharjah Academy of Astronomy and Space Science and Technology by Emirati researchers, in cooperation with the Colleges of Science and Engineering at the University of Sharjah and Istanbul Technical University within a research cooperation agreement.

He explained that cube satellites are receiving wide attention from universities and educational institutions due to their small size and low cost, in addition to their speed of manufacture compared to large-sized satellites.

That is why cube satellites are an effective educational tool to encourage students to design, manufacture, test and practically experience various space missions.

He continued: "One of the objectives of our first space mission (Sharjah Sat-1) is to broaden the perceptions of students and the general public, and to familiarize them with the field of space, from the design of these space missions to their launch, by preparing various workshops and practical and theoretical events, in line with the direction of the UAE to build A generation capable of facing the challenges of technological development in the space industries.”

Al Nuaimi stressed that the (Sharjah Sat-1) project contributed to the establishment of the Cube Satellites Laboratory at the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy and Space Science and Technology, by providing the necessary tools to develop more future space missions.

During the period of work on the project, the laboratory was provided with the facilities necessary to design and operate the satellite, including the high-performance workstation equipped with the required software for design, simulation and analysis of the mission in the space environment, and the ISO6-certified clean room designated for installing satellite systems in a pollutant-free environment. In addition to the ground station, which operates at different frequencies such as VHF/UHF, which are necessary to communicate with the satellite when it reaches its orbit in space.

 Dr. Hamid Al Nuaimi:

"The (Sharjah Sat-1) design is based on previous experiments of cubic satellites of international space agencies."

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