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KhalifaSat has captured a high-resolution image of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, a spaceport located in an area of southern Kazakhstan where Emirati astronauts Hazza Al Mansoori and Sultan Al Neyadi are currently being quarantined ahead of Al Mansouri's launch to the International Space Station on Sept.25.
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre tweeted the image with the caption, “A picture from space of the Holy Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, taken by #KhalifaSat…”
KhalifaSat was fully developed at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre's facilities by Emirati engineers and was launched into space in October 2018. It has five patents and seven space innovations making it the most advanced satellite of its category in the world.