The UAE's 3U CubeSat was launched on the Russian Soyuz missile from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia on September 28, 2020.
The satellite will orbit the Earth collecting data on greenhouse gas concentrations and monitor the occurrence of red tide algae in the Arabian Gulf.
The new satellite is scheduled to reach the orbit in November, one month after its launch.
The satellite is scheduled for launch on a Soyuz-2 rocket from Russia in September this year.
The project is a collaboration between UAE Space Agency, the American University of Ras Al Khaimah and Khalifa University of Science and Technology (KUST).
MeznSat, scheduled for launch in mid-2020m is accommodated on one of the upcoming Soyuz-2 federal launches.
The agreement for the launch of MeznSat was signed during the Global Space Congress in March. MeznSat was developed by students from the American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) ...
The UAE Space Agency has announced a new satellite project called MeznSat. A 3U CubeSat, MeznSat will study Earth?s atmosphere and is being developed in partnership with Masdar Institute of ...
