Low Orbit
UAE launches first radar imaging satellite into lower earth orbit
The SAR satellite was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California by UAE companies Yahsat and Bayanat
The Bayanat-owned SAR satellite, in collaboration with Yahsat, successfully lifted off aboard SpaceX’s Transporter 11 rideshare from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. (Photo: WAM)
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The UAE launched a satellite into lower earth orbit on Friday in the first step of a three-year program to develop a string of radar imaging devices in space to monitor conditions below.
The Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite...