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World Islands in Dubai from DubaiSat-1. Courtesy EIAST
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Three of the 16 Emirati engineers assigned to the DubaiSat-1 project work on the satellite in Daejeon, South Korea.
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The Palm Jebel Ali pictured from DubaiSat-1.
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Mohamed Al Ghanim, board chairman of EIAST (Emirates Institute for Advanced Science and Technology) left and Ahmed Al Mansoori, director general of EIAST, with a model of the DubaiSat-1 satellite at a press conference announcing the successful launch of the satellite. The National
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DubaiSat-1 celebrated five years in in space in 2014 with a snapshot of Dubai. Courtesy Eiast
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World Islands in Dubai from DubaiSat-1. Courtesy EIAST
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Three of the 16 Emirati engineers assigned to the DubaiSat-1 project work on the satellite in Daejeon, South Korea.
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The Palm Jebel Ali pictured from DubaiSat-1.
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Mohamed Al Ghanim, board chairman of EIAST (Emirates Institute for Advanced Science and Technology) left and Ahmed Al Mansoori, director general of EIAST, with a model of the DubaiSat-1 satellite at a press conference announcing the successful launch of the satellite. The National
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DubaiSat-1 celebrated five years in in space in 2014 with a snapshot of Dubai. Courtesy Eiast
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World Islands in Dubai from DubaiSat-1. Courtesy EIAST
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31 July, 2021
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