WATCH: The UAE's First Ever Satellite Was Launched Today

The first ever completely Emirati-made satellite, Khalifa Sat was launched this morning. The satellite took off into space from Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan. The historic event took place this morning, at 8.08am UAE-time onboard the H2-A rocket. The rocket was also holding Japan’s environment satellite, GoSat-2.

Khalifa Sat is the most advanced Earth observation satellite for the UAE in history

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The purpose of Khalifa Sat is to capture images of the Earth from space. Images captured from the satellite’s cameras will be sent to Earth and released from the space centre when ready.

#wam_video | The historic launch of #Khalifasat pic.twitter.com/UqrY13TK9E

— WAM News / English (@WAMNEWS_ENG) October 29, 2018

Burj Khalifa honoured the achievement with a stunning show

#Burj_Khalifa celebrates launching of #Khalifa_Sat#wam_news pic.twitter.com/tf7h1s0gh3

— WAM News / English (@WAMNEWS_ENG) October 28, 2018

Khalifa Sat was built solely at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre

#wam_video| #KhalifaSat launch underscores UAE's outstanding capabilities in space manufacturing field pic.twitter.com/BGfZjnHGdv

— WAM News / English (@WAMNEWS_ENG) October 29, 2018