ARLA/CLUSTER: Mensagem do Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid do Dubai foi a primeira a ser difundida pelo satélite Nayif-1

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Ham radio satellite transmits message

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 team members after completion of the assembly and integration
of the CubeSat

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/science/vice-presidents-message-comes-through-as-uae-satellite-begins-operations

Nayif-1 Launched
https://amsat-uk.org/2017/02/15/nayif-1-launched/