Maroc-Tubsat (Zarkae Al Yamama) [TUB]
The MAROC-TUBSAT or Zarkae Al Yamama 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 camera has a focal length of 72 mm and a field of view of about 8°.
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 observation |
Operator: | CRTS, TU-Berlin |
Contractors: | CRTS (payload), TU-Berlin (bus) |
Equipment: | TV camera, store and forward communication payload |
Configuration: | Tubsat-C Bus |
Propulsion: | None |
Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | 47 kg |
Orbit: | 985 km × 1014 km, 99.2° |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Maroc-Tubsat (Zarkae Al Yamama, Tubsat 6) | 2001-056D | 10.12.2001 | Ba LC-45/1 | Zenit-2 | with Meteor-3M 1, Kompass, Badr B, Reflector |