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

Science

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 National

October 29, 2018

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