MBRSC's MBZ-Sat flight model - in pictures

  • Emirati engineers will start developing the final version of MBZ-Sat, the region’s most advanced imaging satellite. All photos: Dubai Media Office
    Emirati engineers will start developing the final version of MBZ-Sat, the region’s most advanced imaging satellite. All photos: Dubai Media Office
  • Engineers at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre have completed the critical design review and will begin building the flight model, the final version that will be launched into space
    Engineers at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre have completed the critical design review and will begin building the flight model, the final version that will be launched into space
  • The 800kg satellite will be carried into orbit on a SpaceX rideshare mission, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, in 2023
    The 800kg satellite will be carried into orbit on a SpaceX rideshare mission, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, in 2023
  • This is the second Earth-observation satellite that was built entirely by Emirati engineers. The first was KhalifaSat, which has been operational since 2018
    This is the second Earth-observation satellite that was built entirely by Emirati engineers. The first was KhalifaSat, which has been operational since 2018
  • MBZ-Sat has a fully automated image scheduling and processing system that will allow it to produce 10 times the images that the space centre currently does
    MBZ-Sat has a fully automated image scheduling and processing system that will allow it to produce 10 times the images that the space centre currently does
  • The satellite will have the UAE’s biggest telescope, with an advanced high-resolution camera that will take images from 500km above the Earth’s surface
    The satellite will have the UAE’s biggest telescope, with an advanced high-resolution camera that will take images from 500km above the Earth’s surface