# DMSat-1
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: dubai-municipality
- **platform**: dmsat-1-cubesat-bus
- **launch vehicle**: roscosmos-soyuz-2
- **actual launch**: 2021-03-22
- **orbit type**: Sun-synchronous rideshare orbit
- **tasking supported**: false
- **current geographic priority**: Dubai / United Arab Emirates
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: community
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: dubai-municipality
- **attributes**: {"operator":"dubai-municipality","platform":"dmsat-1-cubesat-bus","launch_vehicle":"roscosmos-soyuz-2","actual_launch":"2021-03-22","orbit_type":"Sun-synchronous rideshare orbit","tasking_supported":false,"current_geographic_priority":"Dubai / United Arab Emirates"}

## Editorial
DMSat-1 is an environmental-monitoring nanosatellite for Dubai and the wider United Arab Emirates. It launched on 2021-03-22 on a Soyuz-2.1a/Fregat rideshare from Baikonur into a Sun-synchronous rideshare orbit.[^gunter-dmsat1][^fregat-launch-list]

The mission carries an atmospheric-monitoring payload focused on aerosols, greenhouse-gas observations, and air-quality measurements.[^gunter-dmsat1] Applications include air quality monitoring, greenhouse-gas inventory support, and industrial-emissions monitoring.[^gunter-dmsat1]

## Compositional position
- DMSat-1 --[mission_payloads]--> dmsat-1-atmospheric-monitoring-payload (products)
- DMSat-1 --[related-topic]--> air-quality (topics)
- DMSat-1 --[related-topic]--> greenhouse-gas-flux (topics)
- DMSat-1 --[related-topic]--> industrial-emissions (topics)

## Sources
- [gunter-dmsat1] | DMSat-1 | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/dmsat-1.htm | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21
- [fregat-launch-list] | Fregat upper stage launches | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fregat | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21

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