SAASST News

Tuesday, 14 March 2023 14:11

SAASST Participation in SpaceOps2023

The Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology participated in SpaceOps 2023, the 17th International Conference on Space Operations, in Dubai from Mar. 06-10, 2023, with an exhibitor booth and five engineering papers.

The conference allowed SAASST to showcase its research laboratories to a national and international audience. In addition, SAASST researchers were able to discuss their projects with hundreds of other researchers, especially in space engineering applications. Furthermore, several space companies are interested in SAASST projects and willing to collaborate in SAASST's CubeSats missions. 

Our SAASST engineers, Yousuf Faroukh, Mohamed BinAshour, Amel Al-Hammadi, and Abdollah Massoud, successfully presented their five papers during the conference. These papers showcased the engineering achievements of the CubeSat and the Space Weather laboratories. The five contributions were:

"Seasonal Variation of the GNSS Ionospheric Delay Observed Over the UAE," Hind Yousif Alhammadi, Noor A. Almahri, Shaikha Alzaabi, Halima Obaid Alnaqbi, Shaima Ibrahim Rafi, Abdollah Masoud Darya, Sultan Suhail, Ilias Fernini

"SolSat: A Low-Cost 3-U CubeSat System for Space Weather applications," Yousuf Faroukh, Ilias Fernini, Alim Rustem, Emrah Kalemci, Tahar Amari, Ridwan Fernini, Tarifa al-Kaabi, Amel Al-Hammadi, Maryam A. Al-Ansaari, Fatima Al-Ketbi, Ibrahim H. Al-Sabt, Mohamed BinAshour, Maryam Sharif, Antonios Manousakis, Mubasshir Shaikh, Abdollah M. Darya, Hamid M. K. Al-Naimiy

"The Absence of Laws Regulating the Proliferation of Space Debris and its Implications on Space Operations," Ibrahim H. Al-Sabt, Maryam A. Al-Ansaari, Maryam Sharif, Yousuf Faroukh, Fatima Alketbi, Mohamed BinAshour, Tarifa Al-Kaabi, Amel Al-Hammadi, Ilias Fernini, Hamid M. K. Al-Naimiy,

"Mission Design of the SolSat CubeSat," Fatima Al-Ketbi, Amel Al-Hammadi, Tarifa Al-Kaabi, Yousuf Faroukh, Mohamed BinAshour, Maryam Al-Ansaari, Ibrahim H. Al-Sabt, Ilias Fernini, Maryam Sharif, Hamid M. K. Al-Naimiy,

"The Establishment of an S-Band Ground Station for Space Research," Amel Al-Hammadi, Maryam Ahmed Al-Ansaari, Mohamed BinAshour, Ibrahim Hamza Al-Sabt, Maryam Sharif, Yousuf Faroukh, Fatima Al-Ketbi, Tarifa Al-Kaabi, Ilias Fernini, Hamid M. K. Al-Naimiy