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DEWA successfully launched two nanosatellites, DEWA SAT-1 and DEWA SAT-2.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum launched DEWA’s Space-D program in January 2021.
DEWA’s Research and Development Center developed and built an independent Ground Station that can track and communicate with DEWA’s low Earth orbit satellites.
Space research at the DEWA R&D Center aims to support DEWA with high-efficiency, low-cost remote sensing and operations using satellites and ground station capabilities.
DEWA-SAT1 was designed and developed at DEWA’s Research and Development Center.
DEWA-SAT2 was designed and developed at DEWA’s Research and Development Centre at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in cooperation with NanoAvionics in Lithuania.
DEWA-SAT2 features a high-resolution camera with approximately 4.7-meter resolution for Earth observation missions.
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) will launch the nanosatellite DEWA-SAT2 on Friday, 2023-04-14 at 10:30 am local time on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA.
The DEWA-SAT2 launch was delayed from Wednesday, 2023-04-12 due to bad weather.
DEWA Sat-1 uses LoRa IoT communication technology to expand the coverage of the existing terrestrial communications network.
DEWA Sat-2 was designed and developed at DEWA’s Research and Development Centre in cooperation with NanoAvionics in Lithuania.
DEWA Sat-2 features a high-resolution camera with a 4.7-meter resolution for Earth observation missions.
DEWA Sat-2 provides continuous line-scan imaging in seven spectral bands from an approximately 500 km orbit.
DEWA launched DEWA Sat-1 in January 2022.
DEWA will combine DEWA Sat-2 images with Internet of Things (IoT) measurements from DEWA Sat-1 to improve operational performance of power generation and water desalination plants.
Moro Hub operates the solar-powered data centre and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (Dewa).
With the launch of DEWA-SAT 1, DEWA will become the world’s first utility company to use nanosatellites to improve maintenance and planning of electricity and water networks.
Wyld Networks partnered with DEWA R&D Centre and Infra X to develop IoT terminals for DEWA’s new satellite IoT network.
DEWA launched the DEWA-SAT 1 smallsat earlier 2022.
DEWA-SAT 1 takes about 90 minutes to orbit the Earth.