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KhalifaSat
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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].
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| operator | Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre |
| platform | si-300 |
| launch vehicle | jaxa-h-iia |
| Launched | 2018-10-29 |
| orbit type | 613 km sun-synchronous, 98.13 deg inclination |
| swath km | 12 |
| tasking supported | true |
| Last updated | 2026-06-21 |
| claim status | agency-sourced |
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Sources
- [1]Technical specifications of KhalifaSat, archived official project siteoperator datasheet2026-06-21
- [2]KhalifaSat, Wikipediacommunity2026-06-21Used as lower-tier cross-check because live MBRSC pages were not reachable through search.
- [3]H-IIA launch history, F40 entrycommunity2026-06-21Used as lower-tier cross-check for H-IIA F40 payload manifest and UTC launch time.