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DubaiSat-1 starts to transmit images of the UAE from space

The UAE’s first Earth Observation Satellite, DubaiSat-1, has transmitted its first series of UAE images from orbit, including a snapshot of the Palm Jebel Ali.
DubaiSat-1 was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan recently. The satellite, which achieved optimal orbit earlier this week, orbits the earth four times a day, sending images of the UAE [...]

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