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KhalifaSat

KhalifaSat is a UAE high-resolution optical Earth-observation mission launched on H-IIA from Tanegashima on 2018-10-29 ^[1]^[2]. It operates in a 613 km sun-synchronous orbit at 98.13 deg inclination on an SI-300 bus ^[3]. Its pushbroom camera system provides 0.70 m panchromatic and 2.98 m multispectral ground sampling, 12 km single-strip swath, and area imaging up to 36 km ^[3]. The mission supports urban planning, change monitoring, area classification, environmental monitoring, and disaster-relief use cases ^[3].

Supply chain position

built on platform SI-300 satellite bus

operated by Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre

launched on H-IIA (JAXA/MHI)

related to Urban change

related to Land cover change

related to Disaster damage assessment

Sources

[1]KhalifaSat, Wikipediacommunity2026-06-21Used as lower-tier cross-check because live MBRSC pages were not reachable through search.
[2]H-IIA launch history, F40 entrycommunity2026-06-21Used as lower-tier cross-check for H-IIA F40 payload manifest and UTC launch time.
[3]Technical specifications of KhalifaSat, archived official project siteoperator datasheet2026-06-21

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@misc{eoatlas:missions:khalifasat,
  title = {KhalifaSat},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/khalifasat}
}