DUBAI // A high-quality mosaic image of Dubai has been produced to mark the second anniversary of the launch of DubaiSat-2.
The satellite took several high-resolution images which were then assembled to produce the mosaic image.
The satellite, the second Earth observation satellite owned and operated by Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, was launched into space from Yasny Launch Base in Russia using the Russian Dnepr rocket launcher in cooperation with the Russian International Space Company, Kozmotras.
The satellite has been operating accurately and regularly for the second year in a row, taking snapshots of different parts of the world on a daily basis, said a statement released by the space centre. Since its launch, DubaiSat-2 has orbited 14 times around Earth, passing over Dubai five times.
The space centre said that the satellite provided imagery to a number of government and private organisations at home and abroad.
Several satellite applications were created for use in a number of developmental areas that serve the state and various sectors in order to maximize the value of DubaiSat-2’s high-resolution image output, the space centre added.
The centre launched DubaiSat-1, the first remote sending satellite, into space in 2009. In 2013, it launched DubaiSat-2, and work is under way to launch the third satellite, KhalifaSat, which is being built by Emirati engineers and experts.
One of the centre’s tasks is the design, implementation and supervision of all phases of launching the “Hope Probe” in 2020 to explore Mars.
dmoukhallati@thenational.ae
