AUS Achieves | UAE's First Satellite Nayif-1 Launches Into Space
Channel: AUSharjah
Date: 16/02/2017

American University of Sharjah (AUS) and The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) have successful launched Nayif-1, the UAE's first nanosatellite into outer space. The nanosatellite was developed by seven Emirati engineering students from #American University of Sharjah under the supervision of AUS faculty members and a team of engineers and specialists from Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre.

The #nanosatellite will be in orbit for two years and will pass above UAE four times per day, twice in the morning and twice in the evening when communications with the AUS ground station will take place.

Nayif-1’s main objective is to send and receive messages on Amateur Radio frequencies. It can also be used for text messaging and other educational activities.

The nanosatellite boasts a number of advanced features, most notably that it is programmed to transfer messages in Arabic. It also holds an Active Control System Board that has not been launched into space before. The AUS students who developed the satellite are Khalifa AlMheiri, Shaima AlMarzooqi, Ahmed AlShaer, Fadya AlMaeeni, Abdulla AlShehhi, Hessa Ali as well as Maitha Ahmed and the AUS professors are Dr. Mohamed El-Tarhuni, Dr. Nasser Qaddoumi, Dr. Amer Zakaria, Dr. Assim Sagahyroon, Dr. Fadi Aloul, Dr. Mohammad Jaradat and Dr. Shayok Mukhopadhyay.

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