Impact

• A 3U CubeSat for studying Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes
• Technology Demonstration of the High-Speed Gamma Ray Detectors developed by NYUAD
• Collaboration with NSSA (Bahrain), whose engineers are participating in the bus development as students at KU
• Expected to launch in August 2021

Mission Objectives:

• Develop software modules for attitude determination and control systems (ADCS).
• Testing pointing accuracy of different ADCS control strategies and validating them by taking a picture with a digital camera in the pointing direction.
• Expected to launch in March 2021 (NG-15)

• MeznSat is a 3U CubeSat satellite initiated and funded by the UAE Space Agency and in partnership with Masdar Institute/KU and the American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK).
• MeznSat is an educational/scientific satellite aimed to enhance space research and education in the UAE and provide the UAE space industry with qualified well-trained graduates through hands-on experience.
• In addition, MeznSat scientific outcome will include monitoring the Green-House Gas (GHG) concentrations above UAE.
• Successfully launched on September 28, 2020 (Soyuz)

See press release here: https://www.ku.ac.ae/khalifa-universitys-meznsat-successfully-launches-into-space 

• First CubeSat mission, intended primarily as an educational satellite
• It carried an experimental coin cell battery based on technology developed at Masdar Institute/KU along with a VGA camera developed at the lab based on COTS components
• Launched in November 2018 (NG-10), deployed in February 2019 (CYGNUS External Launch). Currently operational