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MuznSat, which comes after the successful launch of the Hope probe to Mars, will study the Earth’s atmosphere.
In February 2018, the Emirates Space Agency announced its cooperation with Khalifa University of Science and Technology and the American University of Ras Al Khaimah in launching the “MuznSat” project.
The agency then announced a contract with “EXOLaunch” company operating in the field of providing mini-satellite launch services, to launch the satellite after it had been developed by students of the two universities, taking advantage of the advanced scientific facilities and laboratories in the “Yahsat” laboratory of Khalifa University, as mentioned. The Emirates News Agency “WAM”.
The Muzn Sat satellite includes three scientific instruments: the short wave infrared spectroscope that studies the distribution of heat emission gases in the atmosphere, in addition to a digital camera «RGB» which is a scientific tool to clarify the process of remote sensing and support the accuracy of the guidance of the meter Spectroscopy.
As for the third scientific apparatus, it is represented in the support subsystems “BUS”, which consist of the mechanical structure, power, the main computer of the moon, communication systems, and the guidance and control system.
The MuznSat team has successfully completed the final tests and examinations regarding its readiness to launch its scientific mission to its scheduled orbit around the Earth. Environmental checks were also completed by inserting the satellite into an environment that simulates the space environment and conducting mission scenarios.
The satellite, upon reaching orbit, measures the levels of greenhouse gas emissions and their distribution in the atmosphere.
The students of Khalifa University and the American University of Ras Al Khaimah will monitor, process, and analyze the data that it sends to the main earth station in the Yahsat laboratory at Khalifa University and the substation at the American University of Ras Al Khaimah.
Muzn Sat will be added to a group of satellites developed, owned, and operated by the UAE for various purposes, noting that the state’s march in this field began in 2009 with the launch of the Dubai Sat-1 satellite, the first satellite launched by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center. For monitoring purposes, up to the “Khalifa Sat” satellite, the first satellite that was fully developed, designed, and manufactured in the UAE, and was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan in October 2018, while the country is working on the development of the first joint Arab satellite by Arab scientists, which is the “moon Industrial 813 ».
