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Ham radio satellite transmits Vice Presidents message
Posted: 25 Feb 2017 01:26 PM PST
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/02/25/nayi...ident-message/
The National newspaper reports a message by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid,
Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, is being beamed across the world from
space as the first to be transmitted by the UAE’s Nayif-1 satellite.
The National says:
Nayif-1 was launched February 15 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India
and is being tracked by a team of scientists at a control centre at
American University of Sharjah.
The country’s first nanosatellite is transmitting the message in Arabic
which reads: ‘The renaissance of peoples, nations and civilizations starts
with education; and the future of nations starts at their schools.’
Nayif-1’s main mission objective is to send and receive messages on amateur
radio frequencies.
The nanosatellite boasts a number of advanced features, most notably it is
programmed to transfer messages in Arabic.
Fatma Lootah, deputy project manager of Nayif-1 at the Mohammed bin Rashid
Space Centre, said the transmission was a landmark moment for the team.
There is a large community of amateur radio operators and if Arab operators
get this message in their own language I think a lot of them will be
inspired, said Ms Lootah.
At AUS, seven engineering students collaborated with the space centre in
the designing, building, testing and operating of Nayif-1.
Read the full story at
http://www.thenational.ae/uae/scienc...ins-operations
The telemetry data mentioned in the article can be found at
http://data.amsat-uk.org/nayif1
Nayif-1 Launched
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/02/15/nayif-1-launched/