First Emitrati-made satellite launched into space
KhalifaSat, the first-ever Emirati-manufactured satellite successfully launched into space from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Centre on October 29.
As well as KhalifaSat, the H-2A rocket also launched carrying Japan’s environment satellite, GoSat-2.
KhalifaSat is an Earth observation satellite set to monitor environmental changes, such as the effects of global warming in the North and South Poles.
Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/2018/10/29/first-emitrati-made-satellite-launched-into-space
https://scienceportal.jst.go.jp/news/newsflash_review/newsflash/2018/10/20181029_01.html
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2018/10/20181029_h2af40_j.html