KhalifaSat successfully launches into space from Japan - in pictures

The first entirely UAE-made satellite hailed as an 'unprecedented Emirati achievement' by the country's leaders

Japan's rocket H-IIA, carrying KhalifaSat, is launched, from Tanegashima, southern Japan, on Monday. Nozomi Endo / Kyodo News via AP

Still from the livestream of the KhalifaSat Launch, at Tanegashima Space Centre, Japan.

Still from the livestream of the KhalifaSat Launch, at Tanegashima Space Centre, Japan.

Still from the livestream of the KhalifaSat Launch, at Tanegashima Space Centre, Japan.

Still from the livestream of the KhalifaSat Launch, at Tanegashima Space Centre, Japan.

Still from the livestream of the KhalifaSat Launch, at Tanegashima Space Centre, Japan.

Still from the livestream of the KhalifaSat Launch, at Tanegashima Space Centre, Japan.

Still from the livestream of the KhalifaSat Launch, at Tanegashima Space Centre, Japan.

Still from the livestream of the KhalifaSat Launch, at Tanegashima Space Centre, Japan.

The most sophisticated satellite built by the UAE was successfully launched from an island off the southern tip of Japan this morning, in a new landmark for the country’s space programme.

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