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DUBAISAT-1
Earth Observation · MBRSC / UAE
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The UAE's first satellite and the foundation of one of the world's most ambitious national space programs. DubaiSat-1 trained the Emirati engineers who would go on to build the Hope Mars Mission. The UAE went from its first satellite to Mars in barely a decade — one of the fastest national space program evolutions in history.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 398–408 mi (640–657 km)
- Inclination
- 98.0°
- One orbit
- 97.5 minutes14.8 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 35682
- Int’l designator
- 2009-041B
- Launched
- 2009
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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