“Al -Khawaneej” receives the first indication of the Emirati satellite “Etihad Sat”

Dubai: Yamama Badwan received the terrestrial station at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center in Al -Khawaneej area in Dubai, the first sign of the UAE radar satellite ‘Etihad Sat’, at 12:22 pm today, after its launch today at 10:43 am Emirates time, on the Falcon 9 missile of the SpaceX company, from Vandinburgh Air Force Base in California, USA. The launch stages included both: the success of the first stage of the Falcon 9 missile, followed by the operation of the second stage engine of the missile, then the secession of the protection structure successfully from the missile. Regarding the reception of data from the ‘Sat’, Eng. Adnan Al -Rayes explained