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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

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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KhalifaSat successfully launches into space from Japan

Former Nasa chief: UAE's space programme is 'helping humanity'

Sheikh Mohammed praises pioneering work of Emirati engineers on satellite project

Published: October 29, 2018 06:49 PM

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