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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/