Maroc-Tubsat (Zarkae Al Yamama)
Maroc-Tubsat (Zarkae Al Yamama) [TUB] |
The MAROC-TUBSAT project is a cooperation between CRTS Morocco and the Institut für Luft-und Raumfahrttechnik in Berlin, where the Moroccan side is responsible for payload and launch and the German side for the satellite bus.
The main tasks of the satellite are Earth remote sensing and vegetation detection with a medium resolution of about 300 m, store and forward communications for mobile localization and developing attitude control strategies for high resolution earth observation.
| Nation: | Morocco, Germany |
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| Type / Application: | Earth Observing |
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| Contractors: | TU-Berlin |
| Equipment: | TV cameras |
| Configuration: | Tubsat-C Bus |
| Propulsion: | ? |
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| Mass: | 47 kg |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | Date | LS | Launcher | Remarks: | |
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| Maroc-Tubsat (Zarkae Al Yamama) | 10.12.2001 | TB LC-45/1 | Zenit-2 | with Meteor-3M 1, Kompass, Badr B, Reflector |
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