| Name | MYSAT-2 (DhabiSat) |
|---|---|
| Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 2U |
| Status | Reentry 2024-01-17. Was semi-operational? Was operational until 2021-07-07? (Many reports from radio amateurs with data on SatNOGS until 2021-07-07, but signal seems weak afterwards as of 2021-08-05) |
| Launched | 2021-02-20 |
| NORAD ID | 49016 |
| Deployer | NRCSD-E (External NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer) |
| Launcher | Antares (NG-15) (Cygnus) |
| Deployment | Deployed from Cygnus on 2021-07-06 |
| Entity name | Khalifa University of Science and Technology |
| Institution | University |
| Entity type | Academic / Education |
| Nation | United Arab Emirates |
| Partners | Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), Space Systems Loral |
| Oneliner |
Educational training plus small camera for vegetation monitoring and new type of battery. |
| Description |
Communicate with our CubeSat in space, and establish a telemetry download. Taking photos of our area (UAE) using a camera as a payload and send the photos back to our ground station. In addition, a new Lithium – Ion battery which is manufactured in Masdar Institute laboratories will be tested in Space. Small camera for UAE vegetation monitoring and a new type of battery for testing in space. |
| Sources | [1] |
| Photo sources | [1] |
| Subsystems sources | [1] |
| On the same launch |
Last modified: 2024-05-29
