# DubaiSat-2
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: mbrsc
- **platform**: si-300
- **launch vehicle**: dnepr
- **actual launch**: 2013-11-21
- **current status**: extended
- **orbit type**: Sun-synchronous LEO, approximately 600 km
- **swath km**: 12.2
- **revisit days**: 8
- **tasking supported**: true
- **current geographic priority**: United Arab Emirates and international 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-300","launch_vehicle":"dnepr","actual_launch":"2013-11-21","current_status":"extended","orbit_type":"Sun-synchronous LEO, approximately 600 km","swath_km":12.2,"revisit_days":8,"tasking_supported":true,"current_geographic_priority":"United Arab Emirates and international high-resolution optical imaging"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
DubaiSat-2 is a high-resolution optical Earth-observation satellite serving United Arab Emirates and international imaging requirements. It launched on 2013-11-21 on Dnepr and operates in a Sun-synchronous low Earth orbit at approximately 600 km.[^eoportal-dubaisat-2][^gunter-dubaisat-2]

The mission uses the SI-300 bus and carries the High Resolution Advanced Imaging System. Its listed performance envelope includes a 12.2 km swath, 1 m panchromatic imagery, 4 m multispectral imagery, five spectral bands, and an eight-day revisit figure.[^eiast-dubaisat-2-hirais][^gunter-dubaisat-2] The mission supports high-resolution optical mapping, urban and infrastructure monitoring, land and agriculture monitoring, and disaster damage assessment.[^eoportal-dubaisat-2] No retirement notice has been published; the mission status is extended.[^eoportal-dubaisat-2][^gunter-dubaisat-2]

## Compositional position
- DubaiSat-2 --[mission_payloads]--> hirais (products)
- DubaiSat-2 --[mission_buses]--> si-300 (products)
- DubaiSat-2 --[related-topic]--> urban-change (topics)
- DubaiSat-2 --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- DubaiSat-2 --[related-topic]--> disaster-damage-assessment (topics)
- DubaiSat-2 --[related-topic]--> crop-type (topics)

## Sources
- [eoportal-dubaisat-2] | DubaiSat-2 mission record, eoPortal | https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/dubaisat-2 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21
- [eiast-dubaisat-2-hirais] | DubaiSat-2 mission payload HiRAIS, EIAST | https://web.archive.org/web/20130615000000/http://www.eiast.ae/DubaiSat-2-Mission-Payload-HiRAIS | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21
- [gunter-dubaisat-2] | DubaiSat-2 satellite record, Gunter Space Page | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/dubaisat-2.htm | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21

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