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The launch took place at 7.58am (UAE local time) on Wednesday. Nayif-1 takes on added importance as an educational project launched by MBRSC in cooperation with AUS with the goal of providing hands-on experience to Emirati engineering students on designing, building, testing and operating nanosatellites.
"With the launch of the new satellite, we are on the right path for achieving new scientific breakthroughs with the efforts of UAE citizens."
He congratulated the team behind the successful launch, and praised the role of the students participating in the project.
Indian Ambassador to the UAE Navdeep Suri expressed happiness at the event, saying it has a special significance for bilateral relations between the countries and for exploration of outer space for peaceful purposes.
The new level of cooperation followed the India visit of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces in February 2016. "I see this as an important milestone in our vibrant relationship. Building a satellite within a university campus in Sharjah is testimony of the ingenuity, vision and technical capacity of the young students," said Suri.
Hessa Al Matroushi, Deputy Project Manager of Nayif-1 at MBRSC, said: "Nayif-1 will pass over the ground station around four times a day, twice in the morning and twice in the evening. We'll use the morning passes to send and receive text messages on Amateur Radio frequencies throughout the world. The night passes, on the other hand, are used specifically for sending and receiving messages".
> Dimensions - 10x10x11.35 cm3
> Weight - 1.32kg
> Communication footprint - 5,000km
> First signal received - 18 minutes, 32 seconds after reaching orbit
> Ground station for operation and control - Located at AUS
> Project's milestone phases - 1.5 years duration
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