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"The latest tests for the launch of the satellite have been successful and the engineers of the center have followed 24 hours before launch in two operating rooms of the earth station," said Amer Sayegh, director of the satellite project Khalifa Sat at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center. At the Tanigashima Space Center in Japan, the first mission of the Moon would be to take a photo that would have been a surprise.
Critical hours
Al Sayegh said: "The next few hours are crucial and delicate as they will last for years and be a historic milestone for UAE engineers who manufactured KhalifaSat in its entirety." Immediate follow-up of all treatment and launch details is then insured.
Al Sayegh explained the details of the next hours in terms of preparation and preparation for this huge national project, adding that all tests for the final tests of the Moon revealed availability and preparation for full launch, where simulations were conducted for the launch phase and beyond, as well as the availability of all Khalifa SAT satellite devices and components. .
He added that the installation of the moon on the Japanese rocket (H-IIA) is done in two phases, the first is mechanical and that the moon is installed technically to prevent any vibration, indicating that the engineers and the Japanese team are responsible for this step. During which the technical readiness of the moon and its presence is properly confirmed aboard the rocket and this step continues daily until the day of launch.
Followed
He said that the team of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center in Japan was monitoring Khalifa Sat's performance 7 hours a day, in cooperation with the Japanese team overseeing the launch, considering that this step is very complex and precise.
Al-Sayegh said the final phase of launch preparation began 12 hours before launch: four of the center's engineers, two in the missile control room and two others in a control center near the launch site. , indicating that this technical team would decide whether to launch or not, According to information received by the satellite and launch rocket, which carries a satellite and a small group of satellites next to Khalifa Sat.
He pointed out that many factors controlled the launch process: the most important was the efficiency of the operation of the Moon's energy batteries, the pressure levels inside it, and the Efficiency of electrical connections work and many other specialized technical problems, while ensuring that there is no movement on the launch site.
He said that tomorrow, at 8 o'clock in the morning, the United Arab Emirates time would be announced launch signal and that the Khalifa Sat satellite would be placed in a low Earth orbit at an altitude of about 613 km , which would indicate that the selection of the orbit had been carefully chosen to allow the Moon to cross the Dubai ground stations at an average of 4 times a day, in order to provide the opportunity to take a variety of images that respond to the requests of beneficiaries.
After the successful launch, the lunar operations service, which will last five days, will begin immediately with Khalifa Sat control equipment, which automatically manages to wait for the signal from the earth station and receive its functions. He pointed out that the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center has two ground stations. It is located at the North Pole and the other in the center.
He stressed that this phase required intensive monitoring to ensure the efficient operation of all systems, whether it be a basic or backup system, and to perform simulation tests of Moon sensors, as well as the operation of clean cameras, with in particular images of the sites of the stars to determine the movement of the moon and locate them effectively. The team responsible was the same as the two Satellites satellites Dubai Sam 1 and 2, and their decisions would be decisive and immediate during the first five days of launch.
Pictures of the space
He stressed that Khalifa Sat would provide high quality satellite imagery and enable the UAE to provide competitive services in the world of satellite imagery, and will use a variety of urban planning, urban planning and urban planning. d & # 39; urbanism.
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