Dubai Satellite Launch Delayed to March 22

  • Date: 21-Mar-2021
  • Source: Al Bawaba
  • Sector:Defense
  • Country:UAE
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Dubai Satellite Launch Delayed to March 22

The launch date was later changed to March 21 due to a surge in voltage The launch of DMSat-1 has been further postponed to March 22, the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has announced in a tweet. More details will be announced shortly, the authority said. DMSat-1, the first nanometric environmental satellite for Dubai Municipality in collaboration with MBRSC, will be launched on March 22.#DMSat1#UAE4BetterEnvironment @DMunicipality The Dubai Municipality and the MBRSC were initially all set to launch DMSat-1 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10. 07am on March 20. The launch date was later changed to March 21 due to a surge in voltage, the Russian space agency Roscosmos had announced. It was to blast off to space onboard a Soyuz 2. 1 rocket launcher. The miniature environment monitoring satellite will detect the source of air pollutants and concentration of dust and its impact on public health in the UAE. Weighing only 15kg, DMSat-1 can perform tasks done by much larger satellites. A team of specialised engineers and project supervisors from the MBRSC has been posted at the launch site at Baikonur since February 25. The satellite was placed on the