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Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, at the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology for the launch. Photo: Wam
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FILE PHOTO: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off, carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites, from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U. S. May 18, 2022. REUTERS / Joe Skipper / File Photo
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The modular satellite, known as a CubeSat, will study the Sun and space weather
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The team of Emirati engineers responsible for Sharjah Sat 1
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Emirati engineers watch the satellite's launch
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The launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Photo: Wam
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Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, at the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology for the launch. Photo: Wam
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FILE PHOTO: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off, carrying 53 Starlink internet satellites, from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U. S. May 18, 2022. REUTERS / Joe Skipper / File Photo
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The modular satellite, known as a CubeSat, will study the Sun and space weather
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The team of Emirati engineers responsible for Sharjah Sat 1
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Emirati engineers watch the satellite's launch
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The launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Photo: Wam
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Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, at the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology for the launch. Photo: Wam
Sharjah Sat 1: First signal received from emirate's first satellite
Nanosatellite launched on January 3 on a SpaceX rocket
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18 January, 2023
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