# DubaiSat-1
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: mbrsc
- **platform**: si-200
- **launch vehicle**: dnepr
- **actual launch**: 2009-07-29
- **actual end of life**: 2015-08-21
- **current status**: ended
- **orbit type**: Sun-synchronous LEO, approximately 666-681 km
- **swath km**: 20
- **tasking supported**: false
- **current geographic priority**: United Arab Emirates and regional high-resolution optical imaging
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: mbrsc
- **attributes**: {"operator":"mbrsc","platform":"si-200","launch_vehicle":"dnepr","actual_launch":"2009-07-29","actual_end_of_life":"2015-08-21","current_status":"ended","orbit_type":"Sun-synchronous LEO, approximately 666-681 km","swath_km":20,"tasking_supported":false,"current_geographic_priority":"United Arab Emirates and regional high-resolution optical imaging"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
DubaiSat-1 was a single high-resolution optical Earth-observation satellite for United Arab Emirates and regional imaging needs. It launched on 2009-07-29 on Dnepr and operated from a Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit at approximately 666-681 km before ending on 2015-08-21.[^eiast-dubaisat-1-overview][^n2yo-dubaisat-1]

The spacecraft used the SI-200 bus and carried the Dubai Medium Aperture Camera as its primary imaging payload, plus a Space Radiation Monitor.[^eiast-dubaisat-1-overview] Its imaging configuration provided a 20 km swath, 2.5 m panchromatic imagery, 5 m multispectral imagery, and five spectral bands.[^satrec-dubaisat-1-camera] The mission served urban and infrastructure monitoring, land and environmental monitoring, disaster damage assessment, crop-type mapping, and inland-water applications.[^eiast-dubaisat-1-overview]

## Compositional position
- DubaiSat-1 --[mission_payloads]--> dmac (products)
- DubaiSat-1 --[mission_payloads]--> space-radiation-monitor-dubaisat-1 (products)
- DubaiSat-1 --[mission_buses]--> si-200 (products)
- DubaiSat-1 --[related-topic]--> urban-change (topics)
- DubaiSat-1 --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- DubaiSat-1 --[related-topic]--> disaster-damage-assessment (topics)
- DubaiSat-1 --[related-topic]--> crop-type (topics)
- DubaiSat-1 --[related-topic]--> inland-water (topics)

## Sources
- [eiast-dubaisat-1-overview] | DubaiSat-1 mission overview, development status and future applications, EIAST | https://web.archive.org/web/20120307083009/http://www.eiast.ae/DubaiSat-1-Mission-Overview.pdf | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21
- [satrec-dubaisat-1-camera] | DubaiSat-1 camera pre-launch performance characterization, Satrec Initiative | https://web.archive.org/web/20150128000000/http://www.satreci-us.com/media/DubaiSat-1-Camera-Pre-Launch-Performance-Characterization.pdf | tier=operator-engineering | accessed=2026-06-21
- [n2yo-dubaisat-1] | DubaiSat-1 satellite tracking record, N2YO | https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=35682 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21

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