{"id":279539,"date":"2017-02-25T17:26:11","date_gmt":"2017-02-25T21:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/?p=31173"},"modified":"2017-02-25T17:26:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T21:26:11","slug":"ham-radio-satellite-transmits-vice-presidents-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=279539","title":{"rendered":"Ham radio satellite transmits Vice President\u2019s message"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"UAE<\/a>The National newspaper reports<\/a> a message by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid<\/strong>, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, is being beamed across the world from space as the first to be transmitted by the UAE\u2019s Nayif-1 satellite.<\/p>\n

The National says:<\/p>\n

Nayif-1 was launched February 15 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India and is being tracked by a team of scientists at a control centre at American University of Sharjah.<\/em><\/p>\n

The country\u2019s first nanosatellite is transmitting the message in Arabic which reads: \u2018The renaissance of peoples, nations and civilizations starts with education; and the future of nations starts at their schools.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

Nayif-1\u2019s main mission objective is to send and receive messages on amateur radio frequencies.<\/em><\/p>\n

The nanosatellite boasts a number of advanced features, most notably it is programmed to transfer messages in Arabic.<\/em><\/p>\n

Fatma Lootah<\/strong>, deputy project manager of Nayif-1 at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, said the transmission was a landmark moment for the team.<\/em><\/p>\n

“There is a large community of amateur radio operators and if Arab operators get this message in their own language I think a lot of them will be inspired,” said Ms Lootah.<\/em><\/p>\n

At AUS, seven engineering students collaborated with the space centre in the designing, building, testing and operating of Nayif-1.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the full story at
\nhttp:\/\/www.thenational.ae\/uae\/science\/vice-presidents-message-comes-through-as-uae-satellite-begins-operations<\/a><\/p>\n

The telemetry data mentioned in the article can be found at http:\/\/data.amsat-uk.org\/nayif1<\/a><\/p>\n

Nayif-1 Launched https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2017\/02\/15\/nayif-1-launched\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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