Rashid Rover Has Sent First Message to the space centre in Dubai
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai announced that the Rashid Rover has sent its first message to the space centre in Dubai. In collaboration with the ispace ground station, the Emirates satellite Mission (ELM) team established a mensuration lock with the rover today, followed by a two-hour operation wherever all the subsystems were checked to substantiate the health of the rover. The rover is formally in physiological condition and is about for landing once the four-month cruise phase. Congratulating the ELM Team members, Hamad Obaid AlMansoori, Chairman of MBRSC said:“We are pleased with the successes achieved by this mission. The institution of communication with the Rashid Rover and therefore the steady progress of the mission convey a strong statement regarding the nation' capabilities and its commitment to making sure the success of the approaching phases of satellite exploratio...